Russia, Imperial. A Port Arthur Cross, c.1914 Buy Now Efficiency Medal for Canadian Forces

Efficiency Medal for Canadian Forces

Instituted 1928 by the Estonian Defence League

along with an assortment of eight Award Booklets

In gold with enamels

5 mm (w) x 28 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

Russia, Imperial. A Port Arthur Cross, c.1914 Buy Now Efficiency Medal for Canadian ForcesInstituted in 1914. In bronze, St. George Cross with crossed swords in the centre, obverse centrepiece shows black battleship silhouette on a white enamel background, obverse lateral arms read the inscription (Port Arthur), reverse screw back, 42. 7 mm, very fine condition. Footnote: The medal was instituted on 14 January 1914 to mark the tenth anniversary of the siege of Port Arthur. It was awarded in silver to officers and in bronze to other ranks.