The Collection of Medals formed by the late Alan Wolfe

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Pte. J. Peirson, Southampton R. Co.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Alan Wolfe.

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31 medals issued to this unit, all with Fenian Raid 1866.

John Peirson, of Burgoyne, Ontario, was enrolled in the Southampton Rifles Company and served with it at Southampton, Goderich and Point Edward, in the Province of Ontario, from June 1st to July 17th, 1866. Sold with copies of his claim for a grant under the Fenian Raid Volunteer Bounty Act in 1912.