AN ATTRACTIVE 'CASUALTY' CRIMEAN WAR (SEBASTOPOL) & INDIAN MUTINY (LUCKNOW) With TURKISH CRIMEA,
Group of Three.


To:
Pte A. BAXTER.38th (SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGT) FOOT.
Who was Wounded at The Battle of Sebastopol.

CRIMEA MEDAL [SEBASTOPOL]
Un-named as issued.

INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL [LUCKNOW]
A. BAXTER 38th REGt. (Officially Impressed)

TURKISH CRIMEA MEDAL (British Issue)
Un-named as issued.

[38th FOOT REGT]
The regiment was sent to the Cape of Good Hope for service in the Fifth Xhosa War in 1818 and then to India in 1822 from where it was deployed to Burma for service in the First Anglo-Burmese War in 1824. It returned to England in May 1836 and proceeded to Ireland in May 1837 before embarking for Zante in the Ionian Sea in September 1840. It went on to Gibraltar in March 1843 and to Jamaica in November 1845 before proceeding to Halifax in April 1848.

After returning to England in August 1851, it was dispatched to the Crimea for service in the Crimean War in April 1854. It took part in the Battle of Alma in September 1854, Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 and the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854. The regiment then embarked for India in August 1857 and saw action at the Capture of Lucknow in March 1858 during Indian Rebellion. It also took part in the expedition against the Black Mountain tribes in 1868 before returning to England in 1871.

£995 with part-exchanges welcome.