service dress tunic
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20020008-001
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Event
1866 Fenian Raid
1885 North-West Rebellion - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made Circa 1866
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1861/01/01
- Latest 1871/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Pattern 1863
- Inscription buttons: CANADA MILITIA
- Materials Mammal wool, Cotton, Linen
- Rank Colour Sergeant
- Service Component Canadian Militia
- Unit 13TH BATTALION VOLUNTEER MILITIA (INFANTRY) OF CANADA
- Measurements Height 83.0 cm, Width 56.0 cm, Thickness 14.0 cm
- Caption Canadian Militia Tunic, 1863 pattern
- Additional Information Justus Alonzo Griffin.This tunic belonged to Justus Alonzo Griffin, 13th Battalion, Volunteer Militia. Griffin, who spent most of his life in Hamilton, Ontario, joined the militia in 1865. He served at the Battle of Ridgeway in 1866 and at Red River in 1871.