Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 21st November 2018
Lot 24
A posthumous Crimea Medal to Sergeant William Dallison
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £170
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Description
A posthumous Crimea Medal to Sergeant William Dallison, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, clasp: Sebastopol (SERJT W. DALLISON. GRENADIER GDS.), officially impressed, about very fine. lightly impressed.
It has not been possible to trace this man on a casualty roll, but his medal roll entry is endorsed 'WO 19/12/56', indicating that the medal was issued via the War Office to a next of kin. It may be supposed that he either died in battle, or of wounds or illness, possibly after leaving the theatre of war.