British War Medal - Canadian Railway Troops Auction Archive left hand holding a triangle

left hand holding a triangle and the right arm encircling a trident and resting on a wreath

one clasp: Fenian Raid 1866

was a patient and cautious investigator

He also married Kathleen Witts in 1935

and King's South Africa Medal

British War Medal - Canadian Railway Troops Auction Archive left hand holding a triangleWWI British War Medal, Sapper Joseph Irwin, Canadian Railway Troops (1006311 SPR. J. IRWIN. C. R. T.). Naming is officially impressed. Very crisp detail, dark patina, light contact, edge nips, better than very fine. Footnote: Joseph Irwin was born on May 10, 1877 in Tweed, Ontario. He signed his Attestation Paper with the 228th Infantry Battalion on May 12, 1916 in Elk Lake, Ontario, listing his mother, Mrs. James Irwin of Tweed as his next of kin,