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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 713

A Light Brigade Crimea and Long Service Group of Three to Private T. Griffiths, 13th Light Dragoons, Later 18th Hussars Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. Thos Griffiths. 13: Lt. Dgs.), neatly and contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals; Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (240. T, Griffiths. 18th Hussars), officially impressed; Turkish Crimea, Sardinia die, pierced as issued, with silver claw suspension, engraved in similar style to campaign medal ´T. Griffiths. 13th Light Dragoons´, very fine or better (3) Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 1301 Private Thomas Griffiths, born Cheltenham; enlisted 13th Light Dragoons, 1846; served in the Crimea and was sent to Scutari 2.10.1855 leading to him being invalided back to England, 15.12.1855; discharged by purchase at Ballincollig, Ireland, 20.8.1856; re-enlisted for service with the 18th Hussars, 23.3.1858; Corporal 1875; discharged 1876, after 28 years and 61 days with the colours. Although Private Thomas Griffiths does not appear on the list of the members of the Balaclava Society in either 1877 or 1879 and he does not appear to have attended any of the functions arranged by, and for, the veterans, this does not preclude him from having taken part in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Most members of the Light Brigade entitled to the Balaklava clasp, in the absence of any evidence or status details to the contrary, took part in the Charge. Provenance: The Crimea and L.S. & G.C. appeared at Glendinings, 1906, and again, this time with the Turkish Crimea, at Sotheby, 1938.

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