United States. A Naval Reserve Association Membership Badge GTRexclude / DIED IN HIS COUNTRY’S

/ DIED IN HIS COUNTRY’S SERVICE / 25 JAN

Footnote: Roland MacKay Bleakley was born in 1916 in Kindersley

the freeing of Canadian prisoners at Lewis House in Fort Erie

culminating in his promotion to Brigadier-General in command of the Vancouver Militia Brigade in 1950

Fullsize: 39 mm x 54

United States. A Naval Reserve Association Membership Badge GTRexclude / DIED IN HIS COUNTRY’SIn bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, measuring 41. 8 mm (w) x 48. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with brooch pinback, extremely fine. In its plastic case of issue, crack evident on one side of the clear lid. Footnote: The Naval Reserve Association was established in 1953 for Officers, while the Naval EnlistedReserve Association was established as an organization by two Naval Reserve Chief