A Memorial Cross To A First & Second War Veteran GTRexclude very good quality clasp with

very good quality clasp with good details and a "Shiny bronze finished"

The reverse ricasso is etched with a large diamond enclosing puma (a mountain lion’s head)

maker marked "26"

deliberately exposing the underlying black leather cover on the crown and two rear side panels

Ireland in 1839

A Memorial Cross To A First & Second War Veteran GTRexclude very good quality clasp withA Memorial Cross to a First & Second War Veteran Memorial Cross, ERII (C 5538 PTE. G. A. HAY). Naming is officially engraved. Very crisp detail, high relief, dark patina, scratch marks on the reverse, near extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his WWII Attestation Papers, Service Records, Medical Papers, Discharge Certificates and Certificate of Service. Footnote: Gordon Alexander Hay was born on May 8, 1896 in Foxboro, Ontario, near Belleville. He