Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Haronen, 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), Canadian Infantry, a Finnish national who was wounded in action during the assault on Vimy Ridge, 9 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (445761 Pte. A. Haronen. 26-Can. Inf.) mounted for wear, with Royal Canadian Legion medal, gilt, with Service top riband bar and 1926-1976 Legion badge on riband, good very fine (3) £60-£80

Arvo Haronen was born in Kristina, Finland in September 1895. Prior to the war he was employed as a Sailor, and his sister resided at Chester Street, Leomenster, Massachusetts, USA. Haronen served during the Great War with the 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and received a gun shot wound to his left arm on 9 April 1017. He was invalided as a consequence of loss of function to his left forearm and hand, and died in Hamilton, Ontario in January 1980.

Sold with copied service papers.