Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals

James Goodenough, Memorial Prize for Gunnery, 1878, a bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon and F.P. Cockerell, bust left dividing cross and santa cruz, rev. stern of HMS Excellent, semi-draped female adjusts a naval gun below, 48mm (BHM 3045; E 1661). Virtually as struck, rare £50-70

James Graham Goodenough (1830-75), b. Stoke Hill, Guildford, served in the Second China War and was present at the capture of Canton in 1857. He was serving as C-in-C Australia Station on HMS Pearl when, in a skirmish in the Santa Cruz islands, he was fatally wounded by a poisoned arrow