Canada, CEF. A Gold Township of Nottawasaga Medal for Gallant Service in the Great War 1914-1918, Named to Private Arthur Ernest Grainger

In 10K Gold, weighing 7.6 grams, marked "10K" (Gold) and maker marked "R" (Roden Brothers of Toronto) on the reverse, shield-shaped, obverse illustrating a standing soldier bearing a rifle, with a flag exhibiting multiple folds behind him, the soldier placed above an open-ended wreath composed of branches of laurel leaves and maple leaves, the shield surmounted by a right-facing beaver, reverse inscribed "PRESENTED TO A. GRAINGER BY THE TOWNSHIP OF NOTTAWASAGA FOR GALLANT SERVICES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18", with the recipient's name "A. Grainger" engraved, measuring 31.5 mm (w) x 39.3 mm (h), very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: Arthur Ernest Grainger was born on November 25, 1893 in Nottawasaga Township, Ontario. He was resident of Stayner, Ontario when he signed his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917 Paper (Military Service letter and number: B04754), as a Private (3109255), at No. 2 Military District, 1st Depot Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, in Hamilton, Ontario, on May 8, 1918, at the age of 24, naming his next-of-kin as his father, George Grainger of R.R.#2 in Stayner, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was Single, that his religion was Methodist and that his trade was that of Farmer. Grainger was discharged from service at No. 2 District Depot in Toronto, Ontario, on January 14, 1919.