Canada. A Memorial Cross, 10Th Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion Archive to commemorate the attainment of

to commemorate the attainment of independence from Great Britain in 1947

a stick pin featuring a 1939 Iron Cross II Class

The inside is lined in a typical partial lining

the obverse stamped “W

83 mm (w) x 42

Canada. A Memorial Cross, 10Th Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion Archive to commemorate the attainment ofGeorge V (115713 L Sgt. W. J. BARBER). Naming is engraved. Sterling silver, marked "STERLING" on the reverse, toned, on a full length original neck ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: William Barber was born on March 15, 1893 in Paw Paw, Illinois, seventy five miles west of Chicago. He was a resident of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (115713) on November 30, 1915 in Portage la Prairie, at the age of 22,