Description
Sheppard 1st Bn R
Class - in gilded bronze
(8370 Pte J
of good details and quality measuring 40mm
Also included and mounted is the bronze Memorial Plaque (Death Penny)
Second China War Medal 1861 Archive Sheppard 1st Bn RUnnamed as issued to the navy, in very fine condition. The medal's obverse shows the diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend VICTORIA REGINA. The reverse has the same coat of Royal Arms and shield found on both the First China War Medal with the inscription ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACIM and the word CHINA in the exergue below. The suspender is the same as that used on the Indian Mutiny Medal. The Second China War Medal was issued by the British