Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Cunningham, 28th (Saskatchewan) Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Military Medal, G.V.R. (440465 Sjt. J. Cunningham. 28/Sask. R.); British War and Victory Medals (440465 Sjt. J. Cunningham. 28-Can. Inf.) mounted for wear, contact marks, some staining, good fine (3) £260-£300

M.M. London Gazette, 29 August 1918.

John Cunningham, a labourer, was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, on 1 April 1892. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on 9 February 1915 and served on the Western Front with the 28th (Saskatchewan) Battalion. Advanced Sergeant, he was awarded the Military Medal in August 1918.

Sold together with copied service papers, sergeant stripes and blue chevrons, and a small contemporary flag.