Canada. A First War British War Medal, To Private Thomas Whitehead, 88th Infantry Battalion Archive Footnote: The Order of Merit

Footnote: The Order of Merit for Commerce and Industry was instituted on January 21

bruised with edge nicks

measuring 47 mm (w) x 127 mm (l)

nicely mounted

Canada. A First War British War Medal, To Private Thomas Whitehead, 88th Infantry Battalion Archive Footnote: The Order of Merit(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