A Second War Memorial Cross To Pte.nelson; R.c.o.c. 1945 certificate_of_authenticity with decoration on ribbon

with decoration on ribbon

enamel chipping on the lower arm

Ironically

underside in matching grayish-green wool with matching strap

A Second War Memorial Cross To Pte.nelson; R.c.o.c. 1945 certificate_of_authenticity with decoration on ribbonA Second War Memorial Cross to Pte. Nelson; R. C. O. C. 1945 George VI (H. 45556 Pte. C. M. NELSON). Naming is engraved. Contact marks and surface wear, very fine. Footnote: Cecil Morris Nelson was born in 1909 in the United Kingdom, the son of Morris Cook Nelson and Emma Elizabeth Nelson. His family later immigrated to Canada, where he married Lena E. Nelson of Venlaw, Manitoba. H 45556 Private Nelson served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps