CRIMEA GROUP TO FINCH, 68TH REGT
Crimea 1854-56 clasps, Alma and Sebastopol. Contemporarily engraved -Pte J Finch 68th Regt.
Victorian LSGC officially impressed - 1120 John Finch 68th Foot.
Turkish Crimea - unnamed.
Condition GF to VF ( contacting and bruising to Crimea, rank and regt are faint)
David Finch was born in Kilbarn, Ballysharman, Donegal, Ireland, in 1818. He attested for the Durhams in 1834.
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£300 - £400
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Hammer price:
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£320 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Finch served
for a total of 21 years and 57 days, spending over 11 years abroad. He served
ten months in Crimea and was present at Alma and Sebastopol. He looks to have
been invalided home due to illness. Finch was never tried by court-martial and
was awarded the LSGC upon discharge.
