Canada, Commonwealth. Canadian Orders, Decorations, and Medals, Fourth Edition visually-hidden strands of gold-coloured bullion wire

strands of gold-coloured bullion wire lacing the underlying black embroidery on the slider

As stated in the Introduction: "The Sea Gallantry Medal is unique in that it was introduced by an Act of Parliament and not by Royal Warrant

measuring 110 mm (w) x 165 mm (h)

gilt inscriptions on the three

the obverse bearing a black hand-embroidered inscription of “KURLAND”

Canada, Commonwealth. Canadian Orders, Decorations, and Medals, Fourth Edition visually-hidden strands of gold-coloured bullion wireSoftcover, white card cover with an illustration of the Order of British Columbia on the front cover, entitled "Canadian Orders, Decorations, and Medals, Fourth Edition" by Surgeon Commander Francis John Blatherwick, SDtJ, CD, BSc, MD, DPH, FRCP(C), The Unitrade Press of Toronto, Ontario, copyrighted by the publisher in 1994, printed and bound in Canada, Production Editor Bill Boynton, ISBN 1 895909 13 9. The book documents the various orders,