Canada, CEF. A 108th Infantry Battalion "Selkirk and Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge, Type II with "Selkirk Manitoba" Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He was to share his

He was to share his fourth victory with Canadian Ace

perished in a murder-suicide when he detonated a pair of grenades as the family sat down to dinner at their home in the Babelsberg neighbourhood of Berlin on 24 April 1945

1945 and in the Canadian Army Routine Order (CARO/5718)

weighs 109

(Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen mit Etui)

Canada, CEF. A 108th Infantry Battalion "Selkirk and Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge, Type II with "Selkirk Manitoba" Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He was to share hisIn pickled brass, voided, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Tiptaft, measuring 46 mm (w) x 54. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered wear in the pickled finish, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilized headquarters at Selkirk under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 19, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. H. Bradbury with a strength of 32