Lot 615
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Pair: Captain A.L. Tottenham, Rifle Brigade, Crimea, one clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut., Rifle Bde., 1855), engraved naming; Turkish Crimea, Hunt and Roskell pattern, Sardinian die (Lieut., Rifle Bde.), engraved naming, contact wear and polished, good fine, mounted as worn from a buckle-bar (2)

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Pair: Captain A.L. Tottenham, Rifle Brigade, Crimea, one clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut., Rifle Bde., 1855), engraved naming; Turkish Crimea, Hunt and Roskell pattern, Sardinian die (Lieut., Rifle Bde.), engraved naming, contact wear and polished, good fine, mounted as worn from a buckle-bar (2)
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Lot Essay

Captain Arthur Loftus Tottenham was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade as a 2nd Lieutenant in December 1854, served with his Regiment in the operations before Sebastopol and was advanced to Lieutenant in March 1855. Tottenham retired with the rank of Captain in September 1861 and is believed to have died in New York in December 1887.