British War Medal - Canadian Railway Troops certificate_of_authenticity Churchill had given orders to

Churchill had given orders to "Sink the Bismarck"

Thornton / 5 E

Officially engraved in running script: 602 Sepoy Bir Singh Kapurthala I

representing Meister (Senior NCO) held in place by silver gilt pebbled buttons

enlisting for seven years service

British War Medal - Canadian Railway Troops certificate_of_authenticity Churchill had given orders toWWI British War Medal, Sapper Joseph Irwin, Canadian Railway Troops (1006311 SPR. J. IRWIN. C. R. T.). Naming is officially impressed. Very crisp detail, dark patina, light contact, edge nips, better than very fine. Footnote: Joseph Irwin was born on May 10, 1877 in Tweed, Ontario. He signed his Attestation Paper with the 228th Infantry Battalion on May 12, 1916 in Elk Lake, Ontario, listing his mother, Mrs. James Irwin of Tweed as his next of kin,