Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Victory Medal awarded to Private C. R. C. Baugh, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 September 1918

Victory Medal 1914-19 (1051604 Pte. C. R. Baugh. 5-Can. Inf.) with damaged named card box of issue; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (1051604 Pte. C. R. C. Baugh.); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘C25838.’; and a Bredenbury & District Tribute Medal, white metal, the reverse engraved ‘G. [sic] R. C. Baugh.’, extremely fine (4) £80-£120

Charles Richard Churchill Baugh was born in Winbrae, Saskatchewan, on 29 October 1894 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Yorktown, Saskatchewan, on 19th February 1917. He served with the 5th Battalion Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 November 1917, and was killed in action on 1 September 1918. He is buried in Upton Wood Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France.

Sold together with a letter to the recipient’s parents from the Town of Bredenburg, Saskatchewan, regarding the unveiling of the Town’s War Memorial.