A Crimea Medaille Militaire Group of Three to Sergeant W. Brommell, 46th. Regiment, Crimea, one clasp, Sebastopol (Serjt. Wm. Brammell. 46th Foot.), contemporarily engraved; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue; France, 2nd. Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver-gilt and enamel, last damaged, otherwise the group very fine and better, with copied discharge details (3)

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A Crimea Medaille Militaire Group of Three to Sergeant W. Brommell, 46th. Regiment, Crimea, one clasp, Sebastopol (Serjt. Wm. Brammell. 46th Foot.), contemporarily engraved; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue; France, 2nd. Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver-gilt and enamel, last damaged, otherwise the group very fine and better, with copied discharge details (3)

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INDENTSergeant William Brommell, enlisted in the 46th Regiment, 1842 aged 17 years; he served in the Crimea from 12 October, 1854, was severely wounded in the trenches before Sebastopol, 21 December of that year and his left leg was amputated; unfit for further service, he was discharged, July 1855; his zeal and gallantry in the trenches was rewarded with the French Medaille Militaire

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