CRIMEAN D.C.M. GROUP OF 4 MEDALS & PERSONALISED CAPTURED SWORD OF SERGT. WM. NEWMAN, 97TH FOOT

Name: CRIMEAN D.C.M. GROUP OF 4 MEDALS & PERSONALISED CAPTURED SWORD OF SERGT. WM. NEWMAN, 97TH FOOT
SKU: WAR1010et
Price: 8500 GBP
Availability: InStock

The historically significant and regimentally unique Siege of Sebastopol Storming of the Redan V.C. action D.C.M. and Medaille Militaire group and captured sword with personal explanation, consisting of: Distinguished Conduct Medal VR to Serjt. W. Newman, 97th Regt.; Crimea Medal with Sebastopol clasp regimentally impressed to William Newman, Serjt., 97th Foot; French Medaille Militaire missing some enamel; Turkish Crimea British issue. Accompanied by a French sabre briquet as captured from the French and used by the Russians in the Crimea, this with contemporary inscription on scabbard: 'Surrendered to Sergeant Wm Newman of the 97th Reg. of Foot by an Officer in the Redan before Sebastopol on the 8th of Sep'r [1855].'

NOW£8,500.00

Description

Distinguished Conduct Medal ordered through the Royal Mint 29 Apr 1857 with additional £10 gratuity.

Medaille Militaire recommendation from Lt.-Col. T.O.W. Ingram, Commanding 97th Regiment:

"Was one of the first to enter the Redan on 8 September last, and took the Russian Captain of Artillery prisoner, when, taking him to the rear, he was so severely wounded that his life was for a long time despaired of."

Newman's severe wounding appears in the London Gazette of 28 Sep 1855.

William Newman served as Sergeant th the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot, stationed in Nova Scotia before being posted to the Crimea and severely wounded during the storming of The Redan, decorated with the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Medaille Militaire for gallantry and awarded the Crimea Medal with Sebastopol clasp, subsequently attached to Land Transport on 15 June 1856.and discharged on 22 Sep 1856.