An 1841 Chillingham Games "Long Foot Race" Medal Archive In December 1875 the regiment

In December 1875 the regiment was converted to a fusilier regiment under the designation 6th Battalion Hochelega Fusiliers but almost immediately in January 1876 renamed as the 6th Battalion Fusiliers

the sinister talon holding a bundle of thirteen arrows that are relatively tight as sketched by Charles Thomson and not splayed like today's version

measures 95mm in length

before being transferred to Lees Court Military Hospital at Faversham on May 1st

Readily you adapted yourselves to the changing conditions of a new and formidable kind of warfare

An 1841 Chillingham Games "Long Foot Race" Medal Archive In December 1875 the regimentAn 1841 Chillingham Games "Long Foot Race" Medal Silver, weighing 41. 2 grams, obverse engraved "CHILLINGHAM GAMES 1841." in the centre, "Won by" above and "Wm Ridpath." below, reverse engraved "LONG FOOT RACE", two raised rings and raised rim surrounding the inscriptions on both sides, 50. 8 mm, integral loop suspension with ring, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: Chillingham is a Village in Northumberland, England.