Canada, Dominion. A Canadian General Service Medal To Sergeant Major Richards, Grand Trunk Railway Brigade, With Portrait consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in silvered and gilt bronze

in silvered and gilt bronze with red and light blue enamels

1941 aboard the S

the reverse with an inscription of “DEUTSCHE VERDIENST-MEDAILLE” (“GERMAN MERIT MEDAL”)

silver gilt hammer and sickle

where he would be in combat during the Battle of Tarawa

Canada, Dominion. A Canadian General Service Medal To Sergeant Major Richards, Grand Trunk Railway Brigade, With Portrait consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in silvered and gilt bronzeInstituted January 1 1899. In silver, full size, rim impressed Sgt. Maj. J. Richards G. T. R, worn on original ribbon with FENIAN RAID 1870 clasp, dark patina, light wear, in extremely fine condition. Accompanied by a black and white portrait of Sgt. Major Richards wearing the medal, contained in a silver frame with wood reverse plate, measures 155mm (w) x 218mm (h) x 13mm (d), silver hallmarks on the side of the frame denoting S. Blanckanesee & Sons