Canada WWI Service Local Issue

[Fred Borgmann]

Almost every time I run into one of these medals it is unlisted and I have a fairly large listing of the known Canadian local issue medals. This one is from Neudorf, Sask. and is named to A. McHardy. The medal is a 10k gold pin back. The design type is the most common of a soldier with rifle and flag background mounted on a beaver top shield. This probably indicates a small town that could not afford any medals not of a stock design. Also Canadian gold medals do not usually indicate a posthumous award as in the United States issues.

[teamski]

Pretty slick! Those have to be pretty scarce. Thanks for sharing.

 

-Ski

[Fred Borgmann]

Thanks Ski, Neudorf is so small it is not listed in my Geographical dictionary. On google there is a village listing of less than 300 people.

[Vix Steel]

Nice lil medal.

Andrew McHardy, looks like he was wounded in action, shot in the right arm.

[Fred Borgmann]

Thanks Vix!  That was a common injury during the Boer War also.

[Ranger44]

Very nice, not too many of these would exist!

[Fred Borgmann]

Thanks Ranger 44, in the USA gold medals are usually for next of kin while in Canada gold medals were often for regular WWI service.