There is significant pitting and deterioration of the blade consistent with possible exposure to an acidic substance
The latter’s internal wire reinforcement has been removed to give the cap a popular but non-regulation “Sattelform” appearance
raised platform with a deep purple velvet medal bed
the obverse bearing a golden-yellow celleon wire Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
Canada, CEF. A Victoria County Welcome Home Medal, Lieut. Ashmore Newly Listed There is significant pitting andIn bronze, Victoria County's Welcome to Returned Soldiers, reverse engraved "Lieut. M. L. Ashmore R. A. F.", 31. 95 mm (d), on original ribbon with bronze broach, very fine. Footnote: Mansell Leroy Ashmore, from Lindsay Ontario, enlisted while a student in Kingston, Ontario and was transferred to the R. A. F. as a Pilot Cadet in 1918.