Canada, CEF. A 247th Infantry Battalion "Victoria and Haliburton Battalion/Die Hards" Cap Badge GTRexclude an Eastern Front Medal award

an Eastern Front Medal award document (138x199mm

when an outnumbered American force turned a Japanese flotilla back from their advance toward Guadalcanal

He was a citizen of Austria

A 1903 Peter I Coronation Medal - commemorating coronation of Peter I

Canada, CEF. A 247th Infantry Battalion "Victoria and Haliburton Battalion/Die Hards" Cap Badge GTRexclude an Eastern Front Medal awardIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 39. 5 mm (w) x 41. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Peterborough under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1916. The Battalion was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Ackerman. The Battalion was absorbed into the 236th Infantry Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.