Description
as well as material fatigue and patches of mothing
1mm (w) x 58
The medal primarily covered naval actions but it was also awarded to 100 men or the Royal Sappers and Miners for their work in the demolition of Russian fortifications at Bomarsund and Sveaborg
The exterior features finish on the reverse with six pebbled
He was also a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross
United Kingdom. An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Type II, to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Samuel Wheeler, 5th Brigade, 1st Scottish Division, Royal Artillery Archive as well as material fatigue(20144. By. Qr. Mr. Sgt. S. WHEELER. 5 1. SCO: DIV: R. A.). Naming is engraved in italic capitals. Contact marks, edge nicks, replacement ribbon wrapped around a cardboard frame, very fine. Accompanied by a typewritten biography of Wheeler. Footnote: Samuel Wheeler was born in the Parish of Landport, near Portsmouth, Hampshire. He enlisted with the Royal Artillery at Gosport, Hampshire on March 6, 1871, at the age of 18, stating his religion as