England on March 4th
where he earned his WWII CVSM and WM
Lieutenant Heeney embarked for overseas service from Montreal
with an entry visa for the United Kingdom issued at the British embassy in Berlin on 7 August 1939
the 3 o’clock arm inscribed with “A” and the 6 o’clock arm inscribed with “G 1937”
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Archive England on March 4th(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central raised rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with ribbed inner and outer edges, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 96 mm (w) x 49. 73 mm (h),