Lot 548
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A Charge of the Light Brigade Pair to Private James Gusterson, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, Crimea, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1618 James Gusterson, XIth P.A.O. Hussars), regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (1618 James Gusterson, XI P.A.O. Hussars), regimentally impressed naming, swivel-ring suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, good fine (2)

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A Charge of the Light Brigade Pair to Private James Gusterson, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, Crimea, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1618 James Gusterson, XIth P.A.O. Hussars), regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (1618 James Gusterson, XI P.A.O. Hussars), regimentally impressed naming, swivel-ring suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, good fine (2)

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Private James Gusterson enlisted into the 11th Hussars in December 1853 and rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava on 25.10.1854. Discharged from the Army as 'unfit' in July 1873, he is known to have attended the first Balaklava Reunion in 1875 and was on the 1877 Membership List of the Balaklava Commemoration Society, but his name does not appear on the revised edition of 1879.