Canada. A First War Pair To Lance Corporal Barteaux; Wounded On The Somme Auction badges marked Schwerin are scarce

badges marked Schwerin are scarce

The page carries Meierdrees’s signature in blue ink

Canadian Army Medical Corps was in command of the King's Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Bushey Park in London

The ship had been named for a Merchant Seaman aboard the SS Maiden Creek in the Mediterranean Sea

52 mm x 81 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

Canada. A First War Pair To Lance Corporal Barteaux; Wounded On The Somme Auction badges marked Schwerin are scarceA First War Pair, to Lance Corporal Joseph Sanford Barteaux, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 14th Infantry Battalion Canada; British War Medal (440947 L. CPL. J. S. BARTEAUX. 14 CAN. INF.); and Victory Medal (440947 L. CPL. J. S. BARTEAUX. 14 CAN. INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Un mounted, the BWM with a dark patina and replacement ribbon, the VM with an original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: Joseph Sanford Barteaux was born on March 29,