Russia, Imperial. A Orphanage Medal, C.1763 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac exterior shows age

exterior shows age

and is commemorated on page 412 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

He enlisted with "C" Battery

He returned to Canada in 1949

Russia, Imperial. A Orphanage Medal, C.1763 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac exterior shows ageConstructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Catherine the Great, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse with a detailed depiction of a saint clutching a cross beside a kneeling female figure, topped by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (AND YOU SHALL LIVE), with a date of 1763, the obverse marked with initials doe an unidentified maker,