Canada. A Birks Bar, To Lance Corporal Thomas Emmett Merrigan, Canadian Provost Corps GTRexclude enamel chipping and loss evident

enamel chipping and loss evident on both centrepieces and the tip of one obverse star arm

and Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

in turn surrounded by a black enameled ring featuring red

joining the CEF on November 21st 1914

the black having faded over time

Canada. A Birks Bar, To Lance Corporal Thomas Emmett Merrigan, Canadian Provost Corps GTRexclude enamel chipping and loss evidentIn sterling silver, officially engraved (L CPL. T. E. MERRIGAN C. PRO. C. DIED IN HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE 15 AUG. 1945), 67 mm (w) x 14. 5 mm (h), extremely fine. Footnote: Thomas Emmett Merrigan was born on February 11, 1920, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Merrigan of Montreal, Quebec. He was also the husband of Anna Merrigan, also of Montreal, the couple marrying in 1940. Merrigan was serving as a Lance Corporal (D 117603) with the Canadian Provost