Canada. A War Medal To The 20Th Infantry Battalion Hold After 1895 a free-lance journalist

After 1895 a free-lance journalist in Weimar

he was posted to the 3rd Brigade

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1914-1918 War medal (106357 A

no glue residue evident on the reverse from previous board mounting

Canada. A War Medal To The 20Th Infantry Battalion Hold After 1895 a free-lance journalist(57670 PTE. T. LANCASTER. 20 CAN. INF.). Replacement ribbon, dark patina, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: Thomas Lancaster was born on September 30, 1881 (although one mention in his medical records states the year as 1878) in Preston, England. He served during the South African War in 1900 1901 with the King's Own (RoyalLancaster Regiment). He later immigrated to Canada, where he contracted Rhumatic Fever in 1911, along with a case of the Measles