Private Harding proceeded overseas for service in the French theatre with the 54th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion" on November 4
A Luftwaffe Hermann Göring Tank Division EM/NCO’s Cap Eagle
he was able to simultaneously gain victory on the left flank and surprise from the rear with rapid fire
A first and second war German ribbon bar with five awards
Enamels intact on both badges
Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal GTRexclude Private Harding proceeded overseas for(Italienisch deutsche Feldzugsmedaille fr Afrika). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, obverse with central Arco de Fileni of Brega, flanked by a fasces and swastika, circumscribed by inscription ITALIENISCH DEUTSCHER FELDZUG IN AFRICA (ITALIAN GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA), reverse with raised image of German and Italian soldiers grappling with a crocodile, unmarked, measuring 32. 22 mm (w) x 36. 44 mm