Abyssinia Medal 1867 to 45th Regiment (Nottinghamshire - Sherwood Foresters)
Named to: 105 J Hughes H.M.45th Regt.
Confirmed to roll.
Suspension claw neatly re-affixed, good very fine.
(644) medals in total for Abyssinia to the Regiment.
During the Abyssinian Campaign of 1866-7, the 45th Regiment of Foot, with their newly granted title as the “Sherwood Foresters”, were part of General Sir Robert Napier’s Force which marched 300 miles in less than a month and assisted in the capture of the Mountain Fortress of Magdala.
