Canada, Commonwealth. A Rare And Never Awarded Canada Medal, C. 1950 Newly Listed with interior velvet medal bed

with interior velvet medal bed and silk in lid

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Canada, Commonwealth. A Rare And Never Awarded Canada Medal, C. 1950 Newly Listed with interior velvet medal bedInstituted 1943. A silver medal, the obverse portraying a left facing effigy of King George VI, surrounded by the inscription GEORGEIVS VID G BR OMN REX ETINDIAE IMP, the reverse presents a crowned Royal Arms of Canada with a scroll reading CANADA below, surrounded by a wreath of maple leaves, measures 36. 44mm (w) x 36. 28mm (h), weighs 31. 2 grams, dark patina, mission ribbon and bar, still very fine condition. Footnote: The Canada Medal was created