United Kingdom. A Rare Egypt Medal, to Canadian Boatman F. Beauvais, Caughnawaga Detachment Auction above the button

above the button

a shield shaped badge constructed of silvered bronze

and a CD containing twenty-two pages with copies of his Index Cards

stamped in blue ink "137

Reuss: War Merit Medal with Crossed Swords

United Kingdom. A Rare Egypt Medal, to Canadian Boatman F. Beauvais, Caughnawaga Detachment Auction above the buttonInstituted October 1882. Awarded to a native Canadian boatman, in silver, the rim is officially engraved 16. BOAT: F. BEAUVAIS. CAUGHNWAGA. DET:, won on replacement ribbon with THE NILE 1884 85 clasp, light wear and contact marks to edges, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: Francois Beauvais, a native man and No. 16 Boatman, is on the Medal Roll for the Canadian Voyageurs, and was entitled to The Nile 1884 85 clasp. During the 1882 Egyptian