Name/Title
1939-1945 Canadian Volunteer Service Medal w/overseas clasp.Entry/Object ID
1983.4.9Description
1939-1945 Canadian Volunteer Service Medal w/overseas clasp. Circular, silver. Obverse shows seven marching figures representing Army, Navy, Air Force, Nursing Sisters. Title of "1939 Canada 1945 Voluntary Service Volontaire" Reverse shows Coat of Arms of Canada.
Straight, plain suspender with two small rings joins medal to ribbon: green, red, blue, red, green, 3.2 x 9 cm. On ribbon is plain, silver clasp or bar with maple leaf.
Depicted in row of medals, third from the right.Made/Created
Date made
1946Notes
Early Date: 1946Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
No accession number on medal: medal mounted in court-mounted group of eleven medals.Dimensions
Diameter
3.6 cmDimension Notes
3 mm. thick.