Lot 30180 – Sardinian Expeditionary Corps. Incoming mail on the day of the Battle of Chernaya

Sardinian Expeditionary Corps in Crimea. Entire letter from Turin dispatched on 3.8.1855 with corresponding cds and « P.P. » hs on front, struck on receipt with « POSTA MILE SARDA/16 AGO. 55 » FPO cds on reverse, a very rare incoming mail on the day the Sardinian Corps got its baptism of fire and during its most celebrated achievement in the War: the important Battle of the Chernaya (16 August), where their bravery was recognised and was a contributing factor for the Sardinian participation at the negotiation tables at the end of the War.