with Sandig’s handwritten signature in black ink fully legible on the left of the image
The award is confirmed in a letter from Rideau Hall dated February 2
1915 with the 37th Infantry Battalion for WWI service
"From 8 April 1945 to 25 April 1945 Lieutenant Howitt acted as Rear Link Officer during a period of heavy fighting leading up to and including the Kusten Canal bridgehead
presumed to have died" and subsequently was declared "Killed in Action"
United States. Small Arms Makers - A Directory Of Fabricators Of Firearms, Edged Weapons, Crossbows And Polearms Hold with Sandig’s handwritten signature inHardcover, bluish gray cloth cover, with dust jacket, the graphics on the front cover in red ink, the text on the spine in gold coloured ink, entitled "Small Arms Makers A Directory of Fabricators of Firearms, Edged Weapons, Crossbows and Pole Arms", by Colonel Robert E. Gardner, copyrighted in 1963 by the author, published by Crown Publishers, Inc. of New York, printed in the United States, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 62 20058. As noted