Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5563. Sapper D. Soutar, Rl. Engineers) impressed naming, good very fine £60-80

David Soutar was born in Perthshire in 1836, and attested for the Royal Engineers at Dundee on 3 May 1858. Awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (his sole medallic entitlement), he was finally discharged on 15 July 1879, after 21 years and 74 days’ service, of which 9 years were spent in Gibraltar.