Canada, Commonwealth. A Second War Memorial Cross to Captain Gannon Province of China and Switzerland

and Switzerland

The brass ferrule butts the guard

a 1914 patriotic badge

accompanied by its 14 mm 35

Canada, Commonwealth. A Second War Memorial Cross to Captain Gannon Province of China and SwitzerlandA Memorial Cross, in silver, reverse engraved LIEUT. J. P. GANNON, reverse marked BIRKS and STERLING on the 6 oclock arm, worn on a purple ribbon, light wear and loss of silvering to the reverse, remains very fine. Footnote: Joseph Patrick Gannon was born in Philipston, Ontario in 1889. He was residing in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and working as a merchant, when he enlisted for the First War in March 1915. In April 1916, he was commissioned as an