A First War & German Police Medal Bar Hold The pickelhaube has the Hessen

The pickelhaube has the Hessen pattern

He signed his CEF Attestation Paper as a Private (446499) with the 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion"

(Reale Ordine di Francesco I)

ending its days in the defense of Germany and surrendering to the British army northwest of Berlin in 1945

A First War & German Police Medal Bar Hold The pickelhaube has the HessenPrussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class (silver frame, iron core, magnetic, 43 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (bronze, maker marked "G & S" on the reverse, 37. 8 mm); and Third Reich: Police Long Service Cross, 2nd Class for Eighteen Years' Service (silver, 43 mm x 43. 3 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, original ribbons, light contact, extremely fine