Lot Archive

Lot

№ 593 x

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£270

Pair: Private J. Chamberland, 9th (Voltigeurs of Quebec) Regiment

North West Canada 1885,
no clasp, unnamed; Colonial Auxiliary Forces L.S., V.R. (Private, 9th Regiment), this last with edge cut at 9 o’clock, otherwise generally very fine and better (2) £300-350

The 9th (Voltigeurs of Quebec) Regiment was based variously at Calgary and Cleichen during the North West Canada operations of 1885, the recipient being a member of No. 2 Company. Interestingly, two other Chamberlands, presumably brothers, served in the same Company at this time.