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FENIAN RAID 1870 Canada General Service

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:150.00 CAD Estimated At:300.00 - 350.00 CAD
FENIAN RAID 1870 Canada General Service
SOLD
575.00CAD+ buyer's premium (115.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 May 03 @ 17:58UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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Instituted 7th January 1899 and granted to all officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the regular and colonial forces who were employed in repelling the Fenian raids on the Canadian frontier in 1866 and 1870 or who were engaged in the Red River Expedition of 1870. 36mm diameter in silver, with a swivelling suspension. Obverse; the veiled, diademed bust of Queen Victoria and the Legend ' VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse depicts the old Canadian ensign within a wreath of maple with 'CANADA' above. Unnamed with 2 clasps.