(1899) Canada General Service medal with two clasps: FENIAN RAID 1866 and FENIAN RAID 1870. Silver, 36 mm. MY-125 (clasps i, ii), BBM-80...

(1899) Canada General Service medal with two clasps: FENIAN RAID 1866 and FENIAN RAID 1870. Silver, 36 mm. MY-125 (clasps i, ii), BBM-80. Edge mount with straight bar swivel suspension. Extremely Fine.

"Pte. H.R. Smith, C. Service R. Co." impressed on the edge. Nice light gray with darker contrasting toning around peripheries and across the reverse. Some hairlines remain visible from polishing long ago.

Just 1,421 medals were awarded with these two clasps. The Civil Service Rifle Company was a Canadian unit, based in Ottawa. They were called out on March 7, 1866, and dismissed on April 5, 1866, for the first Fenian Raids and again returned to active duty for six weeks beginning May 25, 1870, for the second wave of raids.

Offered with a modern ribbon.

Estimate: $600 - $1,000.

Provenance: From the Gem Collection.

Earlier from Eric Vaule, September 1962; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part VII, January 2005, lot 300.

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