medal group

Mounted pair of Second World War campaign and service medals belonging to Private Odipha Arsenault. The set comprises the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (with green, red, and blue ribbon featuring a central stripe) and the War Medal 1939–1945 (with red, blue, and white-bordered ribbon), joined on a standard metal brooch bar. The War Medal features the uncrowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse (« GEORGIVS VI G BR OMN REX ET INDIAE IMP ») and the triumphant lion trampling a dragon on the reverse, while the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal displays marching figures on the reverse and the coat of arms on the obverse.