An 1849 Medal For The Siege Of Rome Hold credited with at least two

credited with at least two "kills"

residue in the recessed areas of the F&GS from cleaning

born in 1839

again for the 21st Battalion in the field

he was initiated into the (Long Sault) Tyrone Loyal Orange Lodge No

An 1849 Medal For The Siege Of Rome Hold credited with at least twoAn 1849 Medal for the Siege of Rome Bronze, 31. 8 mm, light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was created by Pope Pius IX to reward the 9,000 French troops under General Oudinot who restored Rome to him. In February 1849, a revolutionary mob led by Garibaldi and Mazzini seized power in Rome and proclaimed a Roman Republic. The Pope slipped out of Rome and called upon Catholic states to intervene. First was France whose Expeditionary Force