Canada, Commonwealth. A Lot Of Thirty-Five Royal Canadian Legion Items Auction 06 mm (w) x 64

06 mm (w) x 64

The British suspected Russian involvement "with the Rulers of the petty States on the northern boundary of Jammu and Kashmir" during a period known as the Great Game (a term for the strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia)

The interior bears an etched maker’s mark of “ET” for Eisenhüttenwerk Thale

and is commemorated on page 584 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

A cross pattée in a bronzed war alloy cross

Canada, Commonwealth. A Lot Of Thirty-Five Royal Canadian Legion Items Auction 06 mm (w) x 64Includes: 1. two Past President Branch Medals (engraved "Com. M. Pilkey Almonte Branch 240 1932 33" and "J. E. Cowle R. C. O. C. R. C. E. M. E. Br 466 Toronto 1947 49" on their respective reverses); 2. Past Commander Medal; 3. "Au Merite" Merit Medal; 4. Life Member Jacket Patch; 5. three Cap Badges; 6. two Buttons; 7. nineteen Lapel Badges; 8. Second War Veteran's 50th Anniversary Badge 1945 1995 (numbered "041658" on the reverse); 9. Golden Jubilee