Lot Archive

Lot

№ 131

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2 April 2003

Hammer Price:
£65

Pair: Private F. Wilkins, 75th (Mississauga) Infantry Battalion, Canadian Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (138723 Pte., 75-Can. Inf.) nearly extremely fine (2) £40-60

Frank Wilkins was killed in action on 13 October 1916, while serving in the 75th (Mississauga) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, which fought as part of 11th Infantry Brigade. After the Great War, in 1920, it became the Toronto Scottish.