Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. awarded to Private W. A. Calnek, 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Military Medal, G.V.R. (872092 Pte. W. A. Calnek, 27/Man. R.), edge bruising, worn through polishing £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919.

William Arthur Calnek was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 7 July 1886. A Painter and Paperhanger by occupation, he enlisted into the 183rd (Manitoba Beavers) Battalion at Camp Hughes, Manitoba, in September 1916. Arriving in England with the Battalion in October 1916, he was posted to the 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion in France in March 1917, with whom he won his M.M.; sold with copied service papers.