Canada, Cef. A War Medal To Private Harold States, No.2 Construction (The ‘Black Battalion’) Auction Major Francis Klevanic (ZP 1751)

Major Francis Klevanic (ZP 1751)

capable of writing 160 syllables per minute

93 mm (w) x 84

in turn bearing a machine-embroidered

Canada, Cef. A War Medal To Private Harold States, No.2 Construction (The ‘Black Battalion’) Auction Major Francis Klevanic (ZP 1751)Silver Medal bearing 1914 1918 on obverse with bust of King George V on reverse, inscribed 931178 PTE H. STATES CFC [Canadian Forestry Corps] along the bottom, measuring at 36. 1mm (w) x 49. 9mm (h to top of suspension) and weighing 33. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: Private States, born 1898 in Mapleton, Nova Scotia, was described with a Black complexion upon enlistment in 1916.