United Kingdom. A Military General Service Medal, Fort Detroit named to Private John Smitzer of the Canadian Militia Hold with a silvered tombac globe

with a silvered tombac globe

A similar buckle is illustrated on page 433 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

where he was awarded his Pilot's Flying Badge and named Temporary Sergeant the same day

Each with intact sliders

United Kingdom. A Military General Service Medal, Fort Detroit named to Private John Smitzer of the Canadian Militia Hold with a silvered tombac globeInstitution Date: June 1, 1847. In silver, with name officially impressed along the rim J. Smitzer, Canadn Militia, on period ribbon with a Fort Detroit clasp, about very fine with rim nicks, several contact marks and bruises. (Appears on Medal Rolls as "Smilzer") Footnote: Private John Smitzer of the 3rd York Unit, Fort Detroit was named on the roll of Canadian Recipients of the Military General Service Medal. The conflict at Fort Detroit was an