Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canada General Service 1866-70, 2 clasps, Fenian Raid 1866, Fenian Raid 1870 (Bugle Major. A. G. Sibbald Brockville Inf. Co.) very fine £240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Musicians formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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Provenance: DNW, July 2001.

45 medals issued to the Brockville Infantry Company for Fenian Raid 1866, when the Company was called into active service following the Battle of Ridgeway. Reorganisation on 5 October 1866 changed the name to the 42nd Battalion. 17 men, including Bugle Major Sibbald, also received the Fenian Raid 1870 clasp for service with the 42nd Battalion.