An 1871 Manitoba Rifle Association Award Medal With Case Auction Qualified Farrier (yellow embroidered insignia

Qualified Farrier (yellow embroidered insignia on dark green wool

who had determined before he was inaugurated

Copper gilt with black and white enamels

good very fin

Smallman enlisted as a Private with The Cheshire Regiment at Ludlow

An 1871 Manitoba Rifle Association Award Medal With Case Auction Qualified Farrier (yellow embroidered insigniaSilver, obverse illustrating the crowned Manitoba provincial coat of arms, a native warrior standing at the left and a soldier standing at the right, a cluster of shamrocks and thistles centred by a rose below the arms, surrounded by a ring of multiple circles in various sizes, reverse with a recessed centre, inscribed "MANITOBA RIFLE ASSOCN INST. 1871" and framed by two branches of maple leaves, surrounded by a beaded border, 38. 3 mm, extremely