Canada, Cef. A Military Medal, 21St Infantry Battalion Archive as well as a magnetic

as well as a magnetic metal clip on the right meeting a loop of identical construction on the left

signed in blue ink by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

with some age-appropriate wear of the silver evident

Martin De Vries was serving as a Private (B/22888) with the 48th Highlanders of Canada

retroactively awarding those who served during the First World War

Canada, Cef. A Military Medal, 21St Infantry Battalion Archive as well as a magnetic(59071 A. L. C. A. S. BLAKE. 21st CAN. INF.). Naming has been erased and re engraved. Bruised, pitted, contact marks, replacement ribbon, fine. Footnote: Alfred Sidney Blake was born on June 14, 1893 in Poole, Dorsetshire, England (also acknowledged as Lymington, Hampshire, England), the son of John Blake (of Newport, Isle of Wright, his mother's name not stated but acknowledged as being from Oxford, England). He later immigrated to Canada. He signed