Description
Canada General Service Medal 1869, one Clasp Fenian Raid 1866, awarded to Private Charles Barber Owen Bay Sound Infantry Company, (Pte. C. Barber Owen Sound I. Co.), extremely fine,
Only 37 Medals to this unit a component of The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, a Canadian Army Reserve infantry regiment with deep roots in Owen Sound, Ontario, originating as the 31st Grey Battalion in 1866.
Sold with copy Medal Roll. There’s a Nominal Roll for the Owen Sound Infantry Company for 1866 but it’s in the original only at the Canadian Archives, not digitised. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=5375358&lang=eng
