A Second War Canadian Mid Group To Flight Lieutenant Rcaf Hold Patterson on sighting a surfaced

Patterson on sighting a surfaced U-boat

this fine quality is marked sterling silver

announcing his death)

He was later to see action in the French and Belgian theatres

Footnote: The Order of Nichan al-Anouar (Arabic: Order of the Light) was established in 1887 as a colonial order of merit of the Tajurah sultanate in French Somaliland

A Second War Canadian Mid Group To Flight Lieutenant Rcaf Hold Patterson on sighting a surfacedA Second War Canadian MID Group to Flight Lieutenant RCAF Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939 1945 with MID Oak Leaf Clasp; Coronation Medal 1953; Canadian Forces' Decoration, GRVI (F L G. R. ALLEN). Naming is officially engraved on the reverse of the suspension bar, others are unnamed. Dark patinas, original ribbons, mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback as worn by the veteran, near extremely fine.