Canada. A Memorial Cross, To Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant Graves, 4Th Canadian Pioneer Battalion Archive November 27

November 27

including: Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords award document

the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading “Merenti” (Latin - “Merit”)

Y" on one side

pebble finished

Canada. A Memorial Cross, To Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant Graves, 4Th Canadian Pioneer Battalion Archive November 27Canada; George V (180404 A C. O. M. S. H. S. GRAVES). The "O." engraved instead of a "Q." in the rank designation. Sterling silver, marked "STERLING" and hallmarked "R" on the reverse, without ribbon, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: Howard Stephen Graves was born on January 15, 1884 in Belfast, Ireland. At the age of 22, he had incurred a bout of Pneumonia in 1906. Graves was a resident of the Lotus Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia and signed