| Veterans Affairs Canada provides information regarding the medals and
decorations that soldiers of the Great War would have earned by either
their participation in the war, or specific acts which were beyond the
call of duty. While the subject of medals for bravery is of great
interest, my research has not revealed this to have been the case with
any of the Pilons whose attestation records I have examined. Rather,
the Pilons of WWI would have qualified and received some of the following
Badges or Medals (by clicking on them, you will be brought to an appropriate
page at Veterans Affairs Canada who so kindly have allowed us to use the
images below):
War Service Badges:
Medals:
The Memorial Cross was given to the mother of a soldier who had
made the supreme sacrifice:
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