Badges & Medals
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109th Battalion Badges
109th Btn. Set, Cap Badge and Collar Badge, Cap badge pierced and collar badges are solid. Material bronze with lugs on the back. Maker is "Kinnear" 1916.
109th Btn. Collar Badges, Tabs are pierced, bronze. 34mm wide X 33mm high.
Victoria & Haliburton Regiment
Two packing slips from 1921.
Shipment of rifles, bayonets, rifle accessories and badges all shipped to the Victoria & Haliburton Regiment from the Militia Store in Kingston.
Addressed to Major Finlay in Tory Hill.
Most of the badges are still in our collection.
Shipment of rifles, bayonets, rifle accessories and badges all shipped to the Victoria & Haliburton Regiment from the Militia Store in Kingston.
Addressed to Major Finlay in Tory Hill.
Most of the badges are still in our collection.
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) awarded to Fl./Lt. John Kopf Bell RCAF
The cross is awarded to officers and Warrant Officers for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy.Description
A cross flory, 2.125 inches wide, with the horizontal and base bars terminated with bumps, the upper bar with a rose.For mounting, the straight bar has two sprigs of laurel at the bottom which form a slot for a king ring to attach it to the small ring at the top of the medal.
On the obverse, airplane propellers are superimposed upon the vertical arms of the cross. Within a central winged roundel which is encircled by a wreath of laurels and surmounted by an Imperial Crown, appear the letters RAF. The wings of the roundel fall upon the horizontal arms of the cross.
On the reverse, in the central circle the Royal Cypher (GV, GVI, EIIR) appears above the date. The year of issue is engraved on the lower arm.
The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, and consists of alternating violet and white stripes (0.125 wide) leaning to the left at 45 degrees from the vertical. The violet colour is to appear in the bottom left and upper right corners when viewed on the wearer's chest. Until 1919, the stripes were horizontal.
The Cross is marked with his name, service number, rank, date (1943).
Medal Recipients
Bernard Short The 1939 - 1945 Star The Italy Star France and Germany Star The Defence Medal Canadian Voluntary Service Medal War Medal
Neil James The 1939 - 1945 Star France and Germany Star The Defence Medal Canadian Voluntary Service Medal The 1939 - 1945 Medal Canadian Forces Decoration
Sgt. Noel Burn, RA, British Army WWII 1939 - 1945 Star Burma Star Defence Medal 1939 War Medal
L/Cpl. Stephen Joseph Clare 45th Regt., 56th Btn CEF. WWI War Medal Victory Medal
Sgt. Harry Dawkins 410260. 4 Division, 38th Battalion. WWI Military Medal, Belgium Croix de guerre.
Frank D. Wright 1939 - 1945 Star Italy Star France and Germany Star Defence Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar War Medal 1939 - 1945 Queens Silver Jubilee Medal 125th Anniversary - Confederation of Canada Medal
Thomas Cook, Korean War Medals Canadian Korea Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (Korea) Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal United Nations Service Medal (Korea) Single Medal: Korean War Veterans Ambassador of Peace Medal
Special Medals from the Republic of South Korea 60th anniversary of the Korean war for peace, neck order 2005 Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Forgotten Victory Korea, neck order.
Reginald Arthur Quirt
Reginald Arthur Quirt Born March 20. 1916 Joined the Royal Canadian Artillery in Lindsay 4th Anti – Tank Regiments, Royal Canadian Artillery, 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division
The 1939 – 1945 Star The France and Germany Star The Defence Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas bar The 1939 -45 War Medal
Commemorative Medals: Medal of Remembrance in Relation to the Liberation of Holland WWII French Normandy Commemorative Medal Normandy Campaign Medal Hors de Combat Commemorative Medal