Description
A British War Medal to the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles CEF - (195443 PTE
gilt wear on the reverse of the wreathed coat-of-arms suspension
when he refused to accept Austrian Golden Merit Decoration First Class (cross with red enamel) from Austrian delegation
6 Personnel Depot in Toronto
where he would be treated for the next five weeks
Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Merit Of The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of St John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, Gold Grade Medal United Republic of A British War Medal toIn bronze gilt, unmarked, 36. 5 mm (w) x 45. 7 mm (h), original ribbon, scattered gilt wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on April 24 1912 by Decree 1879 of the Sovereign Council of the Order, having been proposed by Prince von Thun and Hohenstein, then Principal and Grand Master of the Order, in response to the work of members of the Order in the relief of suffering following the catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave in