Unofficial Farthing - Gregory Browne, Royal Artillery Canteen, Woolwich
Size - 23mm
Obverse - Bust of Queen Victoria with the legend ROYAL ARTILLERY CANTEEN WOOLWICH.
Reverse - Field piece with the legend GREGORY BROWNE WINE MALT LIQUOR AND PROVISION MERCHANT
Edge - Plain
Gregory Browne (1820-1886) was the proprietor of the Star Inn, 60 Wellington Street. Woolwich. About 1850 he became associated with the Royal Artillery, keeping the canteen at the barracks, and also the one at the camp on Woolwich Common.(Shrapnell Barracks)
"From my own collection"
