Canada. A First War 1914-15 Star, To Private Royal Dana Tracy, 5Th Infantry Battalion, Canadian Field Artillery, Gassed Three Times At Ypres In April 1915 certificate_of_authenticity interlocking initials "H E" scratched

interlocking initials "H E" scratched in two places on the reverse

he recovered in the Teillazarett (military hospital) Wiesenbad in Saxony

29 mm x 38

Army National Defence Medal

to honour those who took part in regaining Polish independence after 100 years of ""national imprisonment"" by Austria

Canada. A First War 1914-15 Star, To Private Royal Dana Tracy, 5Th Infantry Battalion, Canadian Field Artillery, Gassed Three Times At Ypres In April 1915 certificate_of_authenticity interlocking initials "H E" scratched(13559 Pte R. D. TRACY. 5 CAN: INF:). Naming is officially impressed. Contact marks, gilt wear, replacement ribbon, fine. Footnote: Royal Dana Tracy was born on July 25, 1880 in Dindigul, Madras Presidency, South India. He was educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic in Brooklyn, New York and at Columbia University in New York City. Tracy signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (13559) with the 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry", on September