A First War Pair To The Canadian Railway Troops Newly Listed Footnote: Order "Combatant of the

Footnote: Order "Combatant of the Liberation War" given to whom

he served with the Central India Field Force in January 1858 and began the advance on Banda

also known as the Saltzwedel Flotilla

numbered "830" on the edge

the other is a post-war version and has a blank reverse

A First War Pair To The Canadian Railway Troops Newly Listed Footnote: Order "Combatant of theBritish War Medal (648630 SPR. A. E. MERCER. C. R. T.); and Victory Medal (648630 SPR. A. E. MERCER. C. R. T.). Naming is officially impressed. Un mounted, original ribbons, bruising on the BWM, contact marks and gilt wear on the VM, very fine. Footnote: Albert Edwin Mercer was born on April 29, 1876 in Myrtle, Ontario. He was a resident of Cochrane, Ontario when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (648630) with the 159th Infantry Battalion