Description
Crimea Medal 1854-6, bar Sebastopol, named to a French Solder, A. Corde, 7th Regiment de Chasseurs.
Naming contemporarily engraved in French style reading: “CORDE. A. 7 Bon CHrs”
On an old silk ribbon.
A particularly interesting medal as just before being sent to Crimea, the 7th Chasseurs thought in the 1853 Algerian Campaign, without an opportunity to return home.
The 7e Bataillon de Chassuers Alpins, is presently an Elite Unit of the French Army, dating back to 1840. In the next 20 years they would prove themselves in battle as fine fighters, taking part in the Algeria War of 1853-5, Crimean War and Siege of Sebastopol 1855-6 and the Mexico War of 1861-1867.
“From 1853 to 1855, the 7th Chasseurs participated in the Algerian Campaign. At the end of it’s battle in Algeria, the 7 did not have the opportunity to immediately return to France. They were in fact sent to Crimea from 1855 to 1856. They then participated in the Battle of Sevastopol and won the Crimean War Medal.”
Also not long afterwards in 1862, “The 7th Chasseurs were called to campaign in Mexico where they fought for 5 years. The feat of arms of their first 20 years earned them the marching song:
“Bataillon, bataillon, bataillon de fer,
Bataillon, bataillon, bataillon d’acier.”
Meaning “Battalion, Battalion, Battalion of Iron, Battalion, Battalion, Battalion of Steel”.
