Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Ship’s Cpl. J. Sherwood. H.M.S. Rosario) Royal Mint impressed naming, pawn broker’s mark to edge, otherwise extremely fine, rare to ship £500-£700

One of only 16 Canada General Service Medals awarded to H.M.S. Rosario.

John Sherwood, a native of Compton, Plymouth, Devon, served as a Ship’s Corporal 1st Class in H.M.S. Rosario.

Sold with copied medal roll extract, dated March 1901, and annotated ‘Medals to be engraved [sic] in England.’