PRIVATE THOMAS McPHERSON, 41ST FOOT. Turkish Crimea Medal, British flag to the fore (conte

PRIVATE THOMAS McPHERSON, 41ST FOOT. Turkish Crimea Medal, British flag to the fore (contemporary engraved naming in serifed block capitals: T. McP. 41st. REGt.). Holed for suspension and with replacement swivelling Crimea type suspender, Good Very Fine.

Medal accompanied by photocopied extract from medal roll, which confirms only one man in the 41st Foot with surname beginning “McP”. Roll confirms that Private Thomas McPherson, 41st Foot, was entitled to the Crimea Medal with clasps Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol. In addition, the casualty roll for the Crimea notes that Private Thomas McPherson of the 41st Foot was dangerously wounded at the Battle of Inkermann, 5 November 1854, and was also slightly wounded on 27 June 1855.