Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., replacement wide suspension (R. G. Allen. Gunrs. Mate. H.M.S. Cambridge) engraved naming, traces of having been held in a circular mount, with naming worn and indistinct at three and nine o’clock, and the edge plugged at six o’clock, fitted with a replacement ‘wide’ suspension, the obverse somewhat worn at high relief points and the reverse abrasively cleaned, therefore fair £60-£80

Richard George Allen was born in Penzance, Cornwall, on 17 September 1846, and joined the Royal Navy as Able Seaman on 1 January 1873. Promoted Petty Officer 2nd Class in H.M.S. Royal Adelaide, and Petty Officer 1st Class in H.M.S. Cambridge on 14 September 1875, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 September 1888.

Sold with copied service record.