Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The group of eleven miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. Coolin, Canadian Forces

British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, with integral top riband bar; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, mounted court-style for display purposes, good very fine (11) £60-£80

William Southward Coolin was born in Montreal, Quebec, on 25 November 1900 and attested for the 58th (Westmount Rifles) Battalion, Canadian Militia, on 15 May 1916. He served as a Sergeant with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War in Siberia, before being commissioned into the Three Rivers Regiment in 1920. He saw further service during the Second World War with the Central Mediterranean Force, Canadian Expeditionary Force in the rank of Major, and finally retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 25 November 1960. He died at St. Catherine’s Ontario, on 18 November 1983.

Sold with copied research, including a photocopy of the named Bestowal Certificate for the 1953 Coronation Medal, and various photographic images of the recipient.