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WWI Father & Son Medal Group, the younger RAF KIA

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:100.00 CAD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 CAD
WWI Father & Son Medal Group, the younger RAF KIA
SOLD
575.00CAD+ buyer's premium (57.50)
This item SOLD at 2024 Apr 26 @ 19:00UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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A group of WWI Medals and related fonds to a father and son, comprised of: (1) 1914-1918 War Medal, impressed to "MAJOR G. MORTIMER"; (2) Canadian Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal of George V, impressed "LIEUT (Temp Major . C.E.F.) G. MORTIMER (Formerly) C.A.S.C."; (3) 1914-1918 War Medal, impressed to "LIEUT. E.G.S. MORTIMER. R.A.F."; (4) Allied Victory Medal, impressed "2.LIEU. E.G.S. MORTIMER.". Lot also includes the following additional fonds: (5) small 12mm Dominion Marksmen Pin; (6) Boy Scouts button-pin, by Scully of Montreal; (7) 38x22mm brass badge, Lion atop Crown; (8) A 6cm round Blazer Badge, kneeling 19th century rifleman brass figure a center, stitched around circumference in muted gold lettering: "ONTARIO R.A. AGGREGATE 1910"; (9) together with a smaller 5x4cm Blazer Badge with red cross center, purple field surrounding, "1909" stitched at top in gold (these latter two badges in original W.E. Wilkins Ottawa envelope). Major George Mortimer enlisted on January 10th, 1915, with 21 years of military service already under his belt. An Ottawa resident, he appears to have been an expert marksman, with his trade listed as the "Experimentation and Demonstration/Salesman of Rifles". His son, Ernest George Mortimer, enlisted on July 1st, 1916, eventually joining the Royal Air Force in May of 1917. A student of Lisgar Collegiate, he had previously served 4 years in the Governor General's Foot guards. Sadly, Flight Lieutenant Mortimer was killed in action on April 3, 1918. Lot of 9 items, accompanied by copies of both Attestation Papers.