United Kingdom. A North West Canada Medal 1885, 7Th Fusiliers Newly Listed indicating the lieutenant colonel rank

indicating the lieutenant colonel rank

where he was named Brigadier-General on March 2

1942 at Skowhegan

where his medical examination determined that he had "Hypermetropia" (AKA farsightedness

reverse inscribed in the centre "ILS FURENT ICI MOINS DE SOIXANTE OPPOSÉS A TOUTE UNE ARMEE SA MASSE LES ECRASA LA VIE PLUTOT QUE LA COURAGE ABANDONNA CES SOLDATS FRANCAIS 30 AVRIL 1863"

United Kingdom. A North West Canada Medal 1885, 7Th Fusiliers Newly Listed indicating the lieutenant colonel rank(PTE. W. MERCER. 7 FUSILIERS.). Naming is impressed in capitals. Edge nicks, pitting, replacement ribbon, very fine. Footnote: Corporal William Mercer is shown on the roll of the 7th Fusiliers, entitled to the North West Canada Medal. He is also acknowledged on the North West Active Service List of Members of the Militia Force 1885 (with claims to "Grants of Land" under the provisions of the Act of 1848 49 Victoria, Chapter 73).