Sachse-Coburg-Gotha. A Medal For The Silver Wedding Anniversary Of Duke Alfred United Republic of " Private Reid was liberated

" Private Reid was liberated from the camp after the war and returned to Canada

receiving the award due to him being wounded on July 18

Mounted to a suspension with stacked original ribbons

surrounded by the inscription "FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY" and dated "1897" below

suggesting: "likely the original owner spruced up his tabs with the only piping he had access to that was similar in color to the secondary piping on his shoulderstraps

Sachse-Coburg-Gotha. A Medal For The Silver Wedding Anniversary Of Duke Alfred United Republic of " Private Reid was liberated(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Silberne Hochzeit Herzog Alfreds). Issued 1899. A round silver medal; the obverse depicting the rightward facing busts of Duke Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria, circumscribed by their names and titles, as well as the years married (1874 1899); the reverse depicting the two familys coats of arms, inscribed TREU UND FEST (German Loyal and True); on a double loop for suspension; measuring 34. 59 mm in diameter; suspended