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Cap Badge of the Victoria Volunteer Rifles of Canada, Eccles Hill, 1870. The Victoria Rifles of Canada helped to repel the Fenian advance at Eccles Hill long after the Missisquoi Home Guard ("the Red Sashes") secured the battle sight. (Missisquoi Historical Society Collections)
Cap Badge of the Victoria Volunteer Rifles of Canada, Eccles Hill, 1870. The Victoria Rifles of Canada helped to repel the Fenian advance at Eccles Hill long after the Missisquoi Home Guard ("the Red Sashes") secured the battle sight. (Missisquoi Historical Society Collections)