Canada, CEF. A 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity An India General Service Medal

An India General Service Medal to the 1/15 Punjab Regiment - 1 Clasp - NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1935 (8993 SEPOY MIAN MOHD

Reverse blank to be later engraved

After the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad

The court jeweler Richard Knauer upgraded a Grand Cross set for this occasion

painted with an olive green base

Canada, CEF. A 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity An India General Service MedalIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), one of two lugs intact, the other lug broken off, residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning on the obverse, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Canada with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914, with a strength of 45 officers and 1,095 other ranks