Canada, Commonwealth. Canadian Orders, Decorations, and Medals, Fourth Edition visually-hidden the obverse bearing a black

the obverse bearing a black hand-embroidered inscription of “KURLAND”

As stated in the Introduction: "The Sea Gallantry Medal is unique in that it was introduced by an Act of Parliament and not by Royal Warrant

by Herman Aurich (marked on reverse)

with medal

a wreath of half oak leaves and half laurel leaves is between the arms of the cross

Canada, Commonwealth. Canadian Orders, Decorations, and Medals, Fourth Edition visually-hidden the obverse bearing a blackSoftcover, white card cover with an illustration of the Order of British Columbia on the front cover, entitled "Canadian Orders, Decorations, and Medals, Fourth Edition" by Surgeon Commander Francis John Blatherwick, SDtJ, CD, BSc, MD, DPH, FRCP(C), The Unitrade Press of Toronto, Ontario, copyrighted by the publisher in 1994, printed and bound in Canada, Production Editor Bill Boynton, ISBN 1 895909 13 9. The book documents the various orders,