Canada, Commonwealth. H.M.S. Marlborough, by Reuben Jukes (Jucksch) Province of China Tirol Landesverteidigungsmedaille

Tirol Landesverteidigungsmedaille

It was second in importance only to the National Order of the Legion of Honour within the French order of precedence when it was created

050 mm in length and exhibiting extensive wear and crazing in the black patent upper

Eligibility is defined as follows: Royal Navy and Merchant Navy personnel must have served anywhere at sea north of the Arctic Circle

gilt remains on the reverse only

Canada, Commonwealth. H.M.S. Marlborough, by Reuben Jukes (Jucksch) Province of China Tirol LandesverteidigungsmedailleOil on canvas, title at bottom centre and signed and dated 'RA Jucksch 13" measuring 56 cm (w) x 40 cm (h) in frame, fine. Footnote: Reuben Jukes (Jucksch) was born in Hanover, Ontario, in 1887. In November 1914, aged 27, he enlisted as a private in the 20th. Canadian Battalion. His enlistment papers give his trade as "artist". After training in England his battalion was sent to the Front in January 1916, but in April he was diagnosed as suffering