Queen Victoria. Army Long Service and Good Conduct. Mason. 53rd Foot. #sherborne Silver Stater

Silver Stater

Good very fine with much original bright metal

uneven strike

Moving to Lewisham while the young Fletcher was still a child

Much red lustre

Queen Victoria. Army Long Service and Good Conduct. Mason. 53rd Foot. #sherborne Silver StaterArmy L. S. & G. C., V. R. 702. Pte. T. Mason, 53rd Foot. Good very fine. Thomas Mason was born at Salford, Manchester circa 1839 and made his living as a mechanic. He enlisted with the 53rd Regiment of Foot at Manchester on 15 February 1860 and spent the next 18 years with the Colours during which he spent over three years posted in Canada and also served overseas in the West Indies and Bermuda. Mason was discharged at Aldershot on 5 December 1878 and