Mexican Service Medal, Navy Issue 1911-1917 (bronze, number impressed "134" on the edge, 33 mm); Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, Marine Corps Issue 1926-1930 (bronze, number impressed "M.No. 5791" on the edge, 32.5 mm, medal re-affixed to ring); Victory Medal (264769 A. CPL. C. MILLER. C.R.T.); and British War Medal (264769 A. CPL. C. MILLER. C.R.T.). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, original ribbons, very dark patina on the BWM, light contact, near extremely fine.
Footnote: Christian Miller was born on September 16, 1886 in New Windsor, Maryland. He was United States Army veteran that came to Canada to enlist for service in the First World War, signing his Attestation Paper as a Private (264769) with the 213th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Americans", on November 24, 1916 in Windsor, Ontario, at the age of 30, naming his next-of-kin as his father, Samuel H. Miller of New Windsor, stating that he had twelve years' previous military service in the United States Army (including a stint in Mexico), that he was not married and that his trade was that of Rigger. The Battalion was raised in St. Catharines, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G.O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed January 21, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel B.J. McCormick with a strength of 463 officers and men. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 4th Reserve Battalion, with Miller later transferred to the Canadian Railway Troops, where he achieved the rank Acting Corporal. He survived the war and later returned to the United States, where he participated in the Second Nicaraguan Campaign in the late 1920s. (C:17)