Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 3rd June 2025
Lot 20
A Crimea Medal 1854-56 to Private Thomas Berry, 47th Regiment of Foot, 3 clasps: Alma, Inkermann,
Estimate £500 - £600
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Description
A Crimea Medal 1854-56 to Private Thomas Berry, 47th Regiment of Foot, 3 clasps: Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (PRIVATE THO'S. BERRY, 47th REGT.), engraved in serif capitals by Hunt & Roskell, contact marks to both fields and bust, near very fine.
(36 mm)
Thomas Berry joined the 47th Regiment in 1838 and took part in the battles of Alma, Inkermann and Sebastopol. He was invalided home from the Crimea in October 1855 and discharged from the Army in 1860. He kept a diary throughout the Crimean campaign which currently held at the Birmingham City Library. Following his discharge from the army he served in the militia and was the landlord of a number of public houses in Great Yarmouth until his death in 1893.