the first such award made to a non-combat organization
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
RZM Tagged - With a red cotton base
Commemorative Badge in die-stamped aluminum
surface wear on the VM
Canada. A First War Victory Medal, To Private John Wright, Canadian Forestry Corps, Dod certificate_of_authenticity the first such award made(2626949 PTE. J. WRIGHT. C. F. C.). Naming is officially impressed. Contact marks, edge nicks, gilt wear, replacement ribbon, very fine. Footnote: John Wright was born on July 1, 1871 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. He was a resident of Columbus, Ohio when he signed his Attestation Paper on November 14, 1917 at the Mobilization Centre in London, Ontario, at the age of 46, naming his next of kin as his wife, Zella Wright of Columbus (later of