Society of Medalists Aesop’s Fables Commemorative Medal 1940 (the medal telling the story of two Aesop's Fables: 1
circa 1850
Boer War pair on suspension with swing bar pinback
the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch
measuring 449 mm (w) x 363 mm (h)
Canada. A Memorial Cross, 10Th Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion Auction Archive Society of Medalists Aesop’s FablesGeorge V (115713 L Sgt. W. J. BARBER). Naming is engraved. Sterling silver, marked "STERLING" on the reverse, toned, on a full length original neck ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: William Barber was born on March 15, 1893 in Paw Paw, Illinois, seventy five miles west of Chicago. He was a resident of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (115713) on November 30, 1915 in Portage la Prairie, at the age of 22,