where he would serve for the remainder of the war
bearing a raised detailed red enamelled Gold eagle clutching a green enamelled laurel crown
The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15
Advanced to Colonel in May 1908
Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed where he would serve for(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with an crimped and elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 18 mm (w) x 42. 34 mm (h), weighing 9. 2 grams, with moderate oxidation evident, in overall very fine