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"The Crimea medal to Private Joseph Ross, 8th Hussars, who was severely wounded in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava and died of his wounds at Scutari."
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The Robin Scott-Smith Collection of Medals to Casualties
The Crimea medal to Private Joseph Ross, 8th Hussars, who was severely wounded in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava and died of his wounds at Scutari
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (J. Ross. 8th Dragns.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £5,000-£6,000.
Provenance: purchased from Tony Mullen in 1988 and formerly in the collections of James Barker who purchased it from Baldwins, and Jack Wadey who sold it in 1957.
Joseph Ross enlisted into the 3rd Hussars (Dragoons) at Edinburgh on 3 May 1852, a farrier by trade, and landed in the Crimea on 18 July 1854. He was severely wounded in the charge on 25 October 1854, and died of his wounds at Scutari on 8 November 1854.
To be sold on: 17th & 18th July 2019. Estimate: £5,000 — £6,000.
[Source: Dix Noonan Webb: The Crimea medal to Private Joseph Ross, 8th Hussars (accessed 18.5.2019). The editors are indebted to Tony Margrave for drawing this to our attention.]