Distinguished Service Order Document To Major William Neilson Auction East Front Medal

East Front Medal

He enlisted in the Canadian Medical Corps the year he graduated

They were normally obtained through a police precinct and had the corresponding issuing office and official’s stamps on them

Hughes was injured while playing horseshoes in the rear of the Sergeant's Mess

2 in November 1941

Distinguished Service Order Document To Major William Neilson Auction East Front MedalDistinguished Service Order Document (signed George V, embossed seal of same, issued to "William Neilson, Esquire. Major in the Forces of Our Dominion of Canada" and issued at St. James on the "Third day of June 1918 in the Ninth Year of Our Reign", signed by "Milner" (Principal Secretary of State), addressed at the lower left "Major W. Neilson, 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry", framed, 217 mm x 345 mm, string hanger). Accompanied by Dog Tag (in