Canada. A First War British War Medal, To Private Thomas Whitehead, 88th Infantry Battalion Newly Listed to the Canadian Military Hospital

to the Canadian Military Hospital at Shorncliffe

An extremely well-preserved edition of “Accoutrements of the United States Infantry

Two months after returning from his course

consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core inside of a ribbed silver frame

mint maker marked "МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР" (Monetny Dvor) and number engraved "2531973" on the reverse

Canada. A First War British War Medal, To Private Thomas Whitehead, 88th Infantry Battalion Newly Listed to the Canadian Military Hospital(180361 PTE. T. WHITEHEAD. 88 CAN. INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Court mounted, contact marks, replacement ribbon, very fine. Footnote: Thomas Whitehead was born on October 11, 1893 in Coalgate, Oklahoma. He was a resident of Victoria, British Columbia when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (180361) with the 88th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Fusiliers", on December 15, 1915 in Victoria, at the age of 22, naming his next of kin as