Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. Schultz, 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (19637 Cpl. S. Schultz.10/Candn: Btn:); 1914-15 Star (19637 Cpl. S. Schultz. 10/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (19637 Sjt. S. Schultz. 10-Can. Inf.) the last medal with machine-engraved naming but not renamed, very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400

D.C.M. London Gazette 30 June 1915:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion while acting as medical orderly on the night of 24th-25th April, 1915, when he remained at a dressing station after it had been practically blown to pieces, and took charge until every wounded man had been removed, displaying great courage throughout.’

Samuel Schultz was born at Warsaw, Poland, and enlisted into the 10th Battalion at Valcartier, Quebec, on 25 September 1914, a barber by trade. He was discharged at Toronto on 15 February 1919, medically unfit for service.

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