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ABYSSINIAN WAR VICTORIA CROSS
The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded to two members of
the British Armed Forces for action during the Abyssinian War
1868. The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valour
"in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of
some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories.
Private James BERGIN VC and Drummer Michael MAGNER VC, 33rd
(The Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment.
The VC was awarded for conspicuous
gallantry in the assault of Magdala on the 13th April 1868. The
citation reads:
‘Lieutenant General Lord Napier
reports that while the head of the column of attack was checked by obstacles at
the gate, a small stream of officers and men of the 33rd Regiment
and an officer of engineers, breaking away from the approach to Magdala, and
climbing up a cliff, reached the defences and forced their way over the wall
and through the strong and thorny fence, thus turning the defenders at the
gateway. The first two men to enter Magdala were Drummer Magner and Private
Bergin of the 33rd Regiment.
Jacklex Miniatures Colonial
Nineteenth Century 20mm metal wargame figures.