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- Held by
- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- December 18, 1945 (indexed as 1945)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- Medal : Cast (moulded), Sewn : Black, White, Silver, Red
- Scope & content
- Even-sided cross with circular medallion in the center. The arms of the cross are shaped in a fleur-de-lys pattern. There is a crown at the top of the medallion, and a circular ring with a ribbon weaved through it, attached to the crown. There is also a rectangular box with the Royal Mint crest on the inside cover. Narrative: Bertram Ellison (donor's uncle) was born on March 19 1909 in Montreal. He was born into a Jewish family, and was an insurance broker before the war. He joined the Canadian Army on June 5th 1941 as a 2nd Lieutenant. Between 1941 and 1945 he rose to the rank of major, and received 6 medals, including the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire which he received on December 18t 1945. He was part of the 21st Army Group, which was formed on July 9th 1943 by the 2nd British and 1st Canadian Army for a North Western European Invasion. While apart of the 21st Army Group, he saw Bergen-Belsen. Bertram Ellison sailed home on the RMS Queen Elisabeth on December 3rd – 9th 1945.
- Location
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- Genre / form
- object
- In the picture
- CrossCrownMedalMilitary UniformRibbonTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
- Text in the image
- FOR GOD AND THE EMPIREGOD AND THE RIGHTRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
Digital objects at the source
- imageOpen original at source ↗2013_01_06a.jpg
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