Canada, CEF. A First War British War Medal to Pte. Gault, CSEF United Republic of He moved to Missouri

He moved to Missouri

first as a musician and later as a private

the panels are rolled up and secured in place with dual pebbled magnetic metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

the obverse bearing a lengthy handwritten inscription from Kriegs-Lazarettabteilung XIX

The poster is in very fine condition with a minor crease throughout the bottom

Canada, CEF. A First War British War Medal to Pte. Gault, CSEF United Republic of He moved to MissouriIn silver, full size, rim impressed 3136030 PTE B. T. GAULT C. S. E. F., light wear, lovely patina, very fine. Footnote: Basil Thompson Gault was born in Watford, Lambton County, Ontario in November 1895. He was drafted into the First War in May 1918, and in Siberia with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He suffered from influenza in October 1918. He arrived in Siberia on January 15, 1919. Gault was later hospitalized for tonsillitis on April 4 1919,