A Second War German Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge In Its Case Of Issue United Republic of 1916 with the 171st Overseas

1916 with the 171st Overseas Battalion

On Vimy Ridge

) and thus fitted himself to hold operational command of a modern fighter Wing

Accompanied by copies of his Service Records and Certificate of Service in the Canadian Army

Armed Forces Merit Medal (bronze gilt

A Second War German Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge In Its Case Of Issue United Republic of 1916 with the 171st OverseasAn early manufacture German Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer; multi piece construction oval gilded tombac with a silvered tombac globe; the obverse with a Viking longship sailing over the northern hemisphere of the globe, with an oval border of oak leaves, and a national eagle at the top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika; the reverse with a vertical silvered banjo style pin, barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; maker marked Schwerin, Berlin on