Crimea, 2e Voltigeurs of the Garde

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Single named Crimea medal (entitled to Sebastopol clasp) to Frenchman Jacques Henri Lecompt, 2e Voltigeurs de la Garde, born 13th April 1829 in Saint-Calais a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
He originally enlisted in 1850 and transferred to the 2e Voltigeurs de la Garde in 1854, sent to the Crimea He was wounded (left arm) by shrapnel in the trenches during the siege of Sebastopol in the night from 21std to 22nd August 1855.
31st Discharged in 1856 and received a certificate of good conduct.
The 2nd Regiment of Voltigeurs of the Guard was created in 1854. One of its battalions was sent to Crimea and landed there on 28/1/1855, the entire regiment joined it in May and distinguished itself during the capture of the works of May 22, 1855, by losing 14 officers and 300 men.