where he was promoted to Private First Class on April 18
1941 he was awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords
He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp on January 15
overlaid at both the top and bottom mobile mobile swastikas
the reverse of the twelve o’clock arm stamped with a silver content number of “935” and Präsidialkanzlei code “4” for Steinhauer & Lück
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Ernst L. Müller consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac where he was promoted to(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k rifle with the bayonet attached and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped hinge situated within an oval border and vertical pinback meeting a