British War Medal - Canadian Railway Troops certificate_of_authenticity enlisting for seven years service

enlisting for seven years service

Sold with original certificate of award and White House citation for the recipient

in addition to a maker's stamp in black ink above

Churchill had given orders to "Sink the Bismarck"

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British War Medal - Canadian Railway Troops certificate_of_authenticity enlisting for seven years serviceWWI British War Medal, Sapper Joseph Irwin, Canadian Railway Troops (1006311 SPR. J. IRWIN. C. R. T.). Naming is officially impressed. Very crisp detail, dark patina, light contact, edge nips, better than very fine. Footnote: Joseph Irwin was born on May 10, 1877 in Tweed, Ontario. He signed his Attestation Paper with the 228th Infantry Battalion on May 12, 1916 in Elk Lake, Ontario, listing his mother, Mrs. James Irwin of Tweed as his next of kin,