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Weight seems good, the coin polished though I think your original photos appear to likely not represent the coin well. What I have sometimes done with NO risk is submerge such in dye-free ammonia for 5 or so minutes which will brighten it up but of course not oxidize it further; if you like the patina then by all means keep it as is.

Ah, interesting story there. My own father is going down to Alzheimer's and had a small box of coins and medals, mostly what I had given him over the years and now back to me. The best was NOT there, a medal from MACO (Medallic Art Co.) #113 by memory....I think "Escape" or something of that nature. I think I will slab the one gold Makarios of Cyprus sovereign with the rest to remain in box. I would keep these in box and of the sentiment that none are especially rare bits numismatically but think you'll appreciate the connection to gramps...

Excellent, sorry should have said Bombardier but my eye-sights no where near good enough to have got the shoulder titles and wound stripe. Get all the details together as soon as you can it's very important. I was lucky enough to be able to talk to my Grand-dad about his service in the second World War although sadly he was completely paralysed with a stroke just before we go to the end.

I'm old enough to remember when 1961 halfcrowns had a variety “EF missing”, the designers initials below the reverse shield. Of course this was just a filled die and that ‘variety' has not been listed for decades.

Hello Flash, the shoulder title is S Of G school of gunnery he was posted there when it was experimental establishment, the cap badge is the Royal Artillery he was with the RGA section of the R, Another thing that gets missed however there's the wounded stripe, I have all of his brass inc his Gun Layer trade and Gunnery instructors badge, The Artillery Corporals were called Bombardier.... I have looked into his service and found lost of paperwork its only been this year that I found out about the Shoeburyness Essex experimental Establishment, sadly there's no records of this and by chance I was going over some old letters and the address caught my eye "S Of G" now this is dated 1920, his regt number and Shoeburyness... it all added to the jigsaw.

He had died before I was born, I've managed to gather up all his army photos and research, His military service was from 1913 up until 1920 when he was at School of Gunnery Shoeburyness, it was experimental cannons being fired. when the army finish and he was demobbed... when his medals arrived home he opened the and threw them on the fire in disgust... I'm now 58 and so feel the need to preserve his history in case it gets forgotten.

These George iii crowns are my favourite coins.

I love the XL to the side of the bust , ironic he was a poison dwarf at about 5 foot 2