WWI Gallant Service Medal - William Cady
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/museum91351
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Museum
- Artifact Type
- Medal
- Material
- Gold, Silk
- Manufacturer
- Roden Brothers Ltd.
- Storage Location
- Collections Storage
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Museum
- Artifact Type
- Medal
- Description Level
- Item
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- WWI Medal In 10K Gold, weighing 7.6 grams, marked "10K" (Gold) and maker marked "R" (Roden Brothers of Toronto) on the reverse, shield-shaped, obverse illustrating a standing soldier bearing a rifle, with a flag exhibiting multiple folds behind him, the soldier placed above an open-ended wreath composed of branches of laurel leaves and maple leaves, the shield surmounted by a right-facing beaver, reverse inscribed"Presented to PTE. W.M. Cady By the Citizens of Dunwich For Gallant Services in the Great War 1914-18", "10K R"XXXXXXOn blue, white and red ribbon.
- Material
- Gold, Silk
- Category
- Communication Objects
- Sub-category
- Personal Symbols
- Accession Number
- 023.023.001
- Storage Location
- Collections Storage
- Date Range
- 1914 -1916
- Width
- 31.5
- Height
- 39.3
- Units
- mm
- Manufacturer
- Roden Brothers Ltd.
- Manufacturer City
- Toronto
- Manufacturer Province
- Ontario
- Manufacturer Country
- Canada
- Municipal Origin
- Dunwich (Ont. : Township)
- Item History
- Presented to William Nelson Cady - 189990 XXX91st Battalion
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