Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 27th November 2024

Lot 14

A Crimea Medal 1854-56 to Private James Nadauld, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, clasp: Sebastopol (PTE

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £151

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Description

A Crimea Medal 1854-56 to Private James Nadauld, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, clasp: Sebastopol (PTE J. NADAULD. 1ST BN. RE. BGE.), engraved in serif capitals*, very fine.



(36mm)

James Nadauld was born in Marylebone and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Wesminster on the 28th June 1854, before embarking for the Crimea on the 25th November. He was wounded in action in the Rifle Pitts before Sebastopol, receiving a bullet to his right shoulder on the 11th July 1855. In consequence of his injury he was declared unfit for further service and discharged on the 29th April 1856, afterwards being admitted as a pensioner at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.

*The roll is annotated "H+Ro 7/5/56" appearing to indicate that Private Nadauld's medal was officially engraved by Hunt and Roskell.