As Colonel he later led the Infantry regiment 409 during the eastern campaign in Northern Russia
with central dates “1914-1918” inside of a laurel wreath
he faced confiscation of the property and also he lost the citizenship
The front of the boot do up with woven laces threaded through twelve brown painted metal eyelets
one of the Caron Brothers Montreal 1916 titles with a bent lug and the other one lost to time
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity As Colonel he later led(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 36. 17 mm (w) x 43. 91 mm (h), weighing