ORANGE FREE STATE
bronze wash has been lost over time
enamel repair evident in the white enamels on the bottom arm on the obverse
states that his formal enlistment did not take place until July 19
Kerensky Offensive
Canada, Cef. A Military Medal, 21St Infantry Battalion GTRexclude ORANGE FREE STATE(59071 A. L. C. A. S. BLAKE. 21st CAN. INF.). Naming has been erased and re engraved. Bruised, pitted, contact marks, replacement ribbon, fine. Footnote: Alfred Sidney Blake was born on June 14, 1893 in Poole, Dorsetshire, England (also acknowledged as Lymington, Hampshire, England), the son of John Blake (of Newport, Isle of Wright, his mother's name not stated but acknowledged as being from Oxford, England). He later immigrated to Canada. He signed