Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Muir, 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (645186 Pte. A. Muir. 14-Can. Inf.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., ‘645186 Pte. A. Muir’; together with a ‘For service at the Front’ lapel badge, brass and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘32832’, good very fine (4) £100-£140

Archie Muir was born in Enderby, British Columbia, on 23 February 1892 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Vancouver on 11 January 1916. He served with the 14th Battalion (Quebec Regiment), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 May 1917, and was gassed on 17 November 1917. Recovering, he was killed in action in the Battle of Amiens on 9 August 1918, and is buried in Manitoba Cemetery, France.

Sold together with the named Condolence slip, this mounted on card; a photograph of the recipient’s original grave; and copied research.