A Canada General Service Medal To Ensign Martin Benson; 15Th Battalion Of Infantry (Belleville) Hold Rifleman Cottle was posted to

Rifleman Cottle was posted to the 1st KRRC

measuring 318 mm in length with the scabbard on

Has palpable vessels

Large size document

surrounded by the Latin inscription "D

A Canada General Service Medal To Ensign Martin Benson; 15Th Battalion Of Infantry (Belleville) Hold Rifleman Cottle was posted toCanada, Great Britain; FENIAN RAID 1866 (Ens. M. Benson. 15th. Bn.). Naming is officially impressed, collector instituted blackened lettering. Original ribbon, contact marks and surface wear, very fine. Footnote: Ensign Martin Benson Private Peter Arnott is shown on the roll of the 185 man 15th Battalion of Infantry (Belleville) and is listed on page 89 of the "Canada General Service Medal Roll, 1866 70" by John Thyen, entitled to the Fenian Raid 1866