Spain, Franco Period. A Medal Of The Russian Campaign Auction Archive Laurent and Skeena

Laurent and Skeena

hallmarked on boars head on catch denoting French manufacture after 1838

Steward was slated to embark for the French theatre with the rest of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles on September 22

He was catholic

McCrae's friend and former militia pal

Spain, Franco Period. A Medal Of The Russian Campaign Auction Archive Laurent and Skeena(Medalla de la Campaa de Rusia). Instituted 9 November 1943. (1943 1944 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse featuring a National Eagle of the Spanish Army with Falange insignia, overlaid by an Iron Cross in black enamels displaying a silvered swastika, surrounded by a laurel wreath topped by a royal crown, the reverse featuring a depiction of the Novgorod Kremlin surrounded by a chain wreath, with a bottom inscription of RUSIA 1941,