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[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Dave and Bill

Just to let you know that no medal in the first group shown should be named as Canadians did not name those ones in WW2. South Africans did but the presence of the CVSM pretty much rules out them being SA.

In the second group of medals you show the British War Medal from WW1 (Left side of pic has the incorrect ribbon. The centre medal appears to be a WW2 39-45 War Medal in silver (means Cdn issue) which should be un-named and the one on the safety pin is a WW1 Victory Medal. The first and third should be named on the edge and if I understand your post, they are both to the same man? Pte JM McIlroy. What unit is on the edges?

His WW1 attestation paper can be found online if you can provide the service number on those WW1 medals. Also with that number a copy of his complete WW1 service file can be bought from from Ottawa if you like. This is a fine way to preserve the memory of the man.

regards
Darrell