Description
superb example of this very scarce miniature
Great War period issue
reverse inscribed "IN RECOGNITION OF PATRIOTIC SERVICE DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN 1898" and engraved in running script to "R
obverse bears the cypher of Tsar Nicholas II
reverse illustrates British boats going to the rescue and the Latin inscription "Pro Vitis Americanorum Conservatis" (For Saving American Lives)
A Memorial Cross To A Battle Of Mount Sorrel Casualty certificate_of_authenticity superb example of this veryGVR (401235 Pte. A. C. DOWNTON). Naming is officially engraved. Semi dark patina, light contact, better than very fine. Accompanied by copies of his Index Cards, Attestation Paper, Service Records and Missing Man Report. Footnote: Albert Charles Downton was born on December 7, 1893 in Dorset, England. He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (401235) on January 11, 1915 in London, Ontario, naming his next of kin as his mother, Mrs. Mercy Downton