Service Wound Stripe
Date1916-1918
Credit LineGift of Miss. Eva A. Hunter, London, Ontario, 1965
Object number1965.085.003
Label TextIn 1916, Canadian and Allied soldiers began to be issued brass service wound stripes like this. To qualify for one, soldiers had to have been listed as wounded in the casualty lists. Wounds ruled as accidental or self-inflicted did not qualify.
NamePin, Military
