Description
39 mm x 51 mm
It was for his efforts in the rank of Commanding General at Camp Lee that he was awarded the Legion of Merit
He was remembered in many ways after his death: the Leonard Birchall Sports Pavilion at the Royal Military College of Canada was constructed in his honour
A Pocher manufactured runic decal that was applied by the soldier
on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath
Senegal. An Order Of The Lion, Knight, C.1965 GTRexclude 39 mm x 51 mmInstituted October 22, 1960. In silver, a white enamel five point star with ball finials, with five double ended smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse presents a silver field with an embossed lion and star, surrounded by a red enamel ring with the inscription REPUBLIQUE DU SENEGAL UN PEUPLE UN BUT UNE FOI, reverse presents an enamelled Senegal flag surrounded by a wreath, reverse is otherwise plain, suspended from crossed palm leaves on the ring,