Canada, United Kingdom. A First and Second War Lot of Nine Items
Includes:
five Canadian items:
1. two Canadian Volunteer Service Medals (original ribbons, in box of issue, stamped "C.V.S.M." on the lid);
2. War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Silver Issue (original ribbon, in box of issue, stamped "WAR MEDAL 39-45" on the lid);
3. Unused Suspension Bar (measuring 65.3 mm (w) x 12.8 mm (h), horizontal pinback);
4. Canadian Armoured Division Challenge Series, North-West Europe Basketball Runners-Up Medal 1945 (two-piece construction, in sterling silver, engraved "4 CDN ARMD DIV CHALLENGE SERIES N.W. EUROPE 1945 RUNNERS-UP" on the reverse, measuring 22 mm (w) x 39.3 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring);
four British items:
5. Victory Medal to Thomas A. Scott, Highland Light Infantry (14880 CPL. T.A. SCOTT. HIGH.L.I., suspended from an original 1914-15 Star ribbon);
6. Royal Air Force Sweetheart Wings (in sterling silver with red and blue enamels, unmarked, measuring 48.5 mm (w) x 18 mm (h), horizontal pinback, intact enamels);
7. Prisoner of War "Germany Strictly Observing Geneva Convention" Flyer (printed in red and black inks on both sides, measuring 137 mm (w) x 223 mm (h), fold marks, soiled, the lower left portion having separated from the body of the flyer);
8. "Daily Express" "Hitler Escapes Explosion in a Beer Cellar" Newspaper 1939 ("Daily Express / World's Largest Daily Sale" masthead, identified "No. 12,315", dated "Thursday, November 9, 1939", marked "4 a.m. Edition", featuring the heading "A defiant shriek "I'm ready for a five-year war!" then - HITLER ESCAPES EXPLOSION IN A BEER CELLAR", followed by the subheadings "6 dead, 60 hurt: Reported attempt with time-bomb" and "27 MINUTES AFTER HIS SPEECH", with full article, entire twelve page section, printed in black ink on newsprint, measuring 410 mm (w) x 580 mm (h), folded in half and place within a thick protective plastic sleeve).
Ranging from fair to extremely fine.
Footnote: 14880 Private Thomas A. Scott, Highland Light Infantry entered the French theatre on November 23, 1915. He was later promoted to the rank of Corporal. His Index Card indicates that he was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.