A First War Victory Medal To The 75Th Battalion; Killed In Night Attack South Of Blecourt Hold Dieppe District

Dieppe District

two original warrants for the MBE (dated July 11

2 mm x 60 mm inclusive of crown suspension

The cap was brought back from Germany by an Allied veteran and has his name

with fine detailed dragon

A First War Victory Medal To The 75Th Battalion; Killed In Night Attack South Of Blecourt Hold Dieppe District(3034272 PTE. H. A. MC DONALD. 75 CAN. INF.). Naming is officially impressed, his last name spelled as McDonald (should be MacDonald). Contact marks and surface oxidation, very fine. Footnote: Howard Alexander MacDonald was born on June 29, 1894 in Campbellford, Ontario, the son of John MacDonald and Isabella MacDonald, the family later moving to Porquois Junction, Ontario. He was a resident of Porquois Junction when he signed his Particulars of