Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, GTRexclude Tonkin Medal 1883-8

Tonkin Medal 1883-8

and to the Earl of Lytton

The interior crown of the Shako has a printed manufacturer’s label with in black and red with off-white script that includes the manufacture’s name and location

The eagle and wreath are still quite clean and bright

Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, GTRexclude Tonkin Medal 1883-8Victoria 2nd. Type (swivel), large letters, officially engraved: 3299 PTE. A. STONE, 2Nd. Bn. Gr. Gds. Light contact marks, nearly extremely fine. Private Alfred Stone was born in 1818, South Petherton, Somerset, enlisted 30 January 1837. He served in Canada from 1838 to 1842, and was discharged on 26 June 1860, having completed 21 years. British census of 1881 indicates he lived at the time in England while his wife, Ann Stone, lived at Upper St.