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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 12

(x) Military General Service 1793-1814, Chateauguay (Tier Tohesenneton, Warrior.), pitting and light contact wear, very fine

Provenance:
Spink March 1993.
Eugene G. Ursual No. 88 - where the description includes an invoice indicating the sale of the medal from a Surgeon Mitchell to a Mr. A. Skinner on 17 November 1894.
Eugene G. Ursual No. 90.

At the Battle of Chateauguay (26 October 1813) an outnumbered force of British, Canadian, and native 'warriors' - commanded by the renowned Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel de Salaberry - defeated a superior force of American troops attempting to invade Lower Canada and attack Montreal.

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Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2400