Madaille Militaire group to Colour-Sergeant J. Thompson, 49th Regiment of Foot
China 1842 officially named to: John Thompson, 49th Regiment Foot. Original suspension.
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol to: Colr. Serjt. J. Thompson 49th Regt. Regimentally engraved naming.
France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver-gilt and enamel, badly chipped.
Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension.
Edge bruising and contact marks, good fine or better.
Medaille Militaire: ‘Colour-Sergeant John Thompson, joined his regiment in the field at Inkermann, having marched that morning, on hearing the firing, from Balaklava, where he had been on detached regimental duty; constantly at his duty in the trenches during the siege; in both attacks on the Redan on the 18th of June, and the 8th of September, 1855.’
Sold with copied research and service records.
Product Code: EM4245
