Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant H. A. Perkins, 19th Canadian Infantry

1914-15 Star (55271 Pte. H. A. Perkins. 19/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (55271 Sjt. H. A. Perkins. 19-Can. Inf.) very fine (3) £50-£70

Harry Ashby Perkins was born on 25 March 1887 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 11 November 1914. He served with the 19th Battalion (Queen’s Own Rifles), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was discharged at Toronto on 11 July 1919. He died in Kelowna, British Columbia, on 10 April 1977.

Sold together with a 19th Canadian Infantry cap badge; a 2nd Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada cap badge; and a ‘Q.O.R.’ shoulder title; and the engraved plate for the recipient’s calling card.