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Ref: 5621 |
Crimean
War, Death of Lord Raglan 1855, white metal medal, rare Obv: Monument
to Raglan with PENINSULAR WATERLOO CRIMEA, around top FIELD MARSHAL LORD
RAGLAN, in exergue BORN A.D. 1788 Rev:
View of British HQ in the Crimea, DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY above,
AT HEAD QUARTERS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL JUNE 23RD 1855 Condition:
Good very fine, four corrosion spots to reverse; Diameter: 42mm References:
BHM 2570; E 1495 Notes:
Raglan in fact died on 28th June. He lost an arm at Waterloo and
was appointed commander of British forces in the Crimea in 1854. Brown (BHM)
remarks: “The appalling privations of the British troops during the winter of
1854-55 have been judge to be largely the result of mismanagement at home, but
Raglan was made the scapegoat and worn out by his responsibilities and
dysentery, he died on 28 June 1855”. The reverse is in quite high relief,
which is unusual on a white metal medal of this diameter. Price
£50 |
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