A First War Canadian 1st Tank Battalion Collar Badge - Pickled brass
when he was Killed in Action during the Battle of the Somme
1941 by Ecuadorian air defences at Quebrada Seca whilst he was flying in support of ground troops engaged in the Battle of Zarumilla
marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M4/24" (Friedrich Lindin
Some mothing to liner interior
Canada, Commonwealth. A Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, Awarded to Major D. Smith, C.A.M.C. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A First War Canadian 1stInstituted in 1899. In silver and silver gilt, skeletal oval topped by crown, the obverse bearing the Royal monogram of King George V, circumscribed by the words COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES, the reverse inscribed with Major D. Smith C. A. M. C, 64. 8 mm (h) x 35. 4 mm (w), extremely fine condition. In a hard shelled case, white satin lined on the inside lid, purple velvet medal bed, extremely fine condition.