A Canada Service & Colonial Auxiliary Pair To The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards Auction number 264181

number 264181

Manitoba which was also the mobilization headquarters under the authority of G

Reed with a strength of 31 officers and 888 other ranks

all stitched to brown cloth backing

Naming is officially impressed on the four medals

A Canada Service & Colonial Auxiliary Pair To The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards Auction number 264181Canada General Service Medal 1866 70, one clasp Fenian Raid 1870, (Gr. J. J. McGovern, Ottawa G. A.). Naming is impressed; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, (SERGEANT. MAJOR J. J. McGOVERN, P. L. D. G.). Naming is impressed, extremely fine. Footnote: John James McGovern served at Cornwall during the Fenian Raids of 1870, after which he became a Private in the Governor Generals Foot Guard. In October 1877 he was part of the Guard of Honour