Pair: Private A. E. McKay, 46th Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (276061 Pte., 46-Can. Inf.) together with 10 carat gold Memorial medal, 29 mm, the reverse inscribed ‘In commemoration of Arthur McKay who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-18’ and with edge inscription ‘Presented by the Rural Municipality of Rocanville’, nearly extremely fine (3)

This medal is not recorded in ‘Canadian Welcome Home Medals’ by George Brown, although he does record a medal for returned soldiers from Rocanville, Saskatchewan. A medal, similar in style, but for returned soldiers and struck in silver, is recorded for the town of Keewatin, Ontario.