Lot Archive

Lot

№ 145

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£600

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Lieut. E. J. Harris, 2nd 17th Leicester Regt.), impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-500

Edward Jackson Harris was commissioned into the 17th Regiment in May 1858 and was advanced to Lieutenant in June 1860, in which latter rank he served during the Fenian troubles of 1866. He appears to have resigned or retired in the course of 1870.