The fighting in Norway (1940) and in the Aleutian Islands (1943) demonstrated to Canadian Army planners that combat in such environmental conditions might be required in the future
a period that witnessed a good deal of work alongside monitors and drifters in bombardments off Dunkirk and Zeebrugge
HE LIVES - IN A WAY THAT HUMBLES THE UNDERTAKINGS OF MOST MEN"
he was struck off strength at Bramshott and transferred to the 134th Infantry Battalion at Witley on January 25
underside of the belt stamped in black ink with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia beside "Erlaubnis" (Permission) "L4/
Three German Imperial Iron Cross Badges Hold The fighting in Norway (1940)Wilhelm II Franz Joseph I First World War Commemorative Cross 1914 (silvered bronze, 26. 5 mm, integral loop); German and Austria Hungary Relief Society of Chicago Commemorative Cross 1915 (silvered metal, marked "AUSGEGEBEN VON DER DEUTSCHEN UND OESTERREICH UNGARISCHEN HILFSGESELLSCHAFT CHICAGO U. S. A." on the reverse, 28. 8 mm, horizontal pinback); and Gold for Iron 100th Anniversary Medal 1813 1913 (silver with black enamels, 24. 7 mm, integral