United Kingdom. A China War Medal to Lieutenant Colonel John Adolphus Burton consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Their task was to con­duct

Their task was to con­duct basic train­ing dur­ing the day and each evening admin­is­ter per­son­nel prob­lems and dis­ci­pline for three or four hours

3mm (w) x 69

illustrating oak leaves and acorns on the left and laurel leaves on the right and forming an open-ended wreath

A circular badge constructed of gilded bronze with silver components

obverse centrepiece in bronze gilt consisting of an enamelled white four-armed cross

United Kingdom. A China War Medal to Lieutenant Colonel John Adolphus Burton consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Their task was to con­ductVictoria. (Lieut Col J. A. Burton ) Rim has been shaved and privately re engraved, fine. Footnote: John Adolphus Burton, son of Charles Benjamin, was born December 10th 1854 at Rajahundy, INdia. On January 17th 1855, John was baptized at Black Town, Madras. BY 1879, he had graduated from the Universties of Madras and Edinburgh in medicine. The following year on October 2nd 1880, John entered the Madras at Netley from October 2nd 1880 to February 7th