placed on command at the 3rd Canadian Convalescent Depot and admitted to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Woodcote Park
His comrade saw the action unfold from the deck of another ship of the same fleet
This is a collection of eighteen wartime photographs taken during the visit of Secretary of State Albert Ganzenmüller at the Kassel Reichsbahn train repair and maintenance facility
He was posted to the 17th Reserve Battalion from May 6 to July 17
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity placed on command at the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 47 mm (w) x 48. 41 mm (h), weighing 24.
