A 1914 Valcartier Camp Mobilization Medal certificate_of_authenticity one ball at the tip

one ball at the tip of the arm appears replaced

According to the historian Alessandro Barbero

protecting a right-facing rifleman in a trench below

MONTREAL 1916"

and destroyed many enemy machine-gun groups

A 1914 Valcartier Camp Mobilization Medal certificate_of_authenticity one ball at the tipSilvered bronze with a bronze gilt inserted centrepiece, obverse illustrating a rifle bearing soldier in the centre, surrounded by the inscription "VALCARTIER CAMP 1914", military icons on all five arms, clockwise from the upper left: crossed rifles, cross cannons, crossed swords, horn and anchor, reverse inscribed with the The Lord's Prayer in very small type on the centrepiece, 40. 3 mm x 41. 7 mm, suspended from a 22 mm x 41. 7 mm ornate silvered