A Canada General Service Medal To The Oakville Infantry Battalion (20Th Battalion) Archive A United States Merchant Marine

A United States Merchant Marine Academy Medal

a selective few from various regiments were picked to form the original units

Footnote: Private Arthur Samuel Dyson was with the 13th Kensington Battalion

20mm(height) unmarked

it will only be better     Every casualty was in vain

A Canada General Service Medal To The Oakville Infantry Battalion (20Th Battalion) Archive A United States Merchant MarineClasp FENIAN RAID 1866 ( Pte. A. T. Bigger, 20th. Bn.). Naming is officially impressed. Original ribbon with the ends sewn together, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: Andrew Thompson Bigger was born in 1841 in Trafalgar Township, Ontario. He is shown as one of two men on the roll of the Oakville Infantry Company and is listed on page 219 of the "Canada General Service Medal Roll, 1866 70" by John Thyen. He is also shown as a Sergeant