An 1838 Medal For San Sebastian To Staff Assistant Surgeon J.b. Godfrey. British Legion Hold measuring 82mm x 94mm

measuring 82mm x 94mm

impressed (112 Pte

when he suffered a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his right elbow at Ypres

“French Follies”

English made

An 1838 Medal For San Sebastian To Staff Assistant Surgeon J.b. Godfrey. British Legion Hold measuring 82mm x 94mmWhite metal disk set within a thin silver band, engraved "J. B. GODFREY, M. D. &c. &c." on the band, 38 mm, pierced ring suspension with original ribbon, contact marks on the reverse, pitting, very fine. Accompanied by a four page handwritten List of Medical Staff who served during the Carlist War, naming Staff Assistant Surgeon J. B. Godfrey on page two. Footnote: The Medal for San Sebastian 1838 was instituted on October 24, 1841.