Canada, Commonwealth. A Rare And Never Awarded Canada Medal, C. 1950 Newly Listed (Gau Essen Jubiläumsabzeichen)

(Gau Essen Jubiläumsabzeichen)

measuring 27 mm (w) x 41

leading the 4th Company of Infantry Regiment 16 during the Polish campaign

Officer device on the ribbon)

on original full-length ribbon with bow

Canada, Commonwealth. A Rare And Never Awarded Canada Medal, C. 1950 Newly Listed (Gau Essen Jubiläumsabzeichen)Instituted 1943. A silver medal, the obverse portraying a left facing effigy of King George VI, surrounded by the inscription GEORGEIVS VID G BR OMN REX ETINDIAE IMP, the reverse presents a crowned Royal Arms of Canada with a scroll reading CANADA below, surrounded by a wreath of maple leaves, measures 36. 44mm (w) x 36. 28mm (h), weighs 31. 2 grams, dark patina, mission ribbon and bar, still very fine condition. Footnote: The Canada Medal was created