Frederic August Cross 1914 - First Class
arriving in France on April 5th
mounted to a five-sided magnetic metal suspension with pinback)
maker marked "STOKES MELB
Certificate of employment from Fernsprechamt Nord (Telephone Exchange North)
Canada. A Pair To Acting Corporal Cumming, 2Nd Cmr, Gassed During The Battle Of The Canal Du Nord Hold Frederic August Cross 1914 -British War Medal (226072 A. CPL. J. J. CUMMING. C. M. G. BDE.); and Victory Medal (226072 A. CPL. J. J. CUMMING. C. M. G. BDE.). Naming is officially impressed. Un mounted, bruised, contact marks, replacement ribbons, very fine. Footnote: John James Cumming was born on June 4, 1891 in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. He was a resident of Detroit, Michigan when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (226072) with the Depot Regiment, Canadian Mounter