A highly characterful and historically resonant piece—combining Imperial Russian military manufacture, Crimean War capture, British regimental association, and period Bowie-style conversion—representing a true “transitional artifact” between two military cultures.
Scarce Sardinian Crimean Medal named to Major J. D. Shakespear, Royal Horse Artillery, who assumed command of “I” Troop during the Battle of Balaklava in 1854.
*British, Victorian Officer’s Handwritten Memoir – Colonel Robert Watson Sparks (1836–1918), Royal Fusiliers, Crimean War & Indian Mutiny Veteran* This