United Kingdom. A China War Medal to Lieutenant Colonel John Adolphus Burton Auction Archive A Bravery Medal

A Bravery Medal

Bronze Star (bronze

89 mm x 140 mm)

with a screw-on metal knob

as both his parents were deceased (his father in 1932)

United Kingdom. A China War Medal to Lieutenant Colonel John Adolphus Burton Auction Archive A Bravery MedalVictoria. (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