AN ARMY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL TO THE DRAGOON G...

Hammer

£85

AN ARMY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL TO THE DRAGOON GUARDS. A Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with second type obverse, reverse 'For Long Service and Good Conduct', on a swivel suspension, named to 'Farrier Major J Birch 3rd Dragoon Guards 1858. This would seem to be John Birch who served with the rank of Farrier Major who is recorded with number 408 serving with the 3rd battalion of the Dragoon Guards and entitled to a £5.00 gratuity in 1858. He is recorded as being entitled to a Long Service and Good Conduct Award. He appears to have been a Private from the 1st January 1841 *Condition: Suspension lacking cross bar, suspension loose, fitted with rings for suspension on a chain. Very lightly scratched to the surface '5407'. Possibly renamed.