Brunswick, Duchy. An Order Of Henry The Lion, I Class Cross, C.1910 Auction Archive to his mother

to his mother

1918 by reason of being "Medically Unfit"

The document is dated to October 22

He was a resident of Toronto when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (1096172) with the 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles"

before being posted to HMS Daedalus in October 1939

Brunswick, Duchy. An Order Of Henry The Lion, I Class Cross, C.1910 Auction Archive to his mother(Braunschweig) Order of Henry the Lion (Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Lwen), First Class Cross in silver gilt and enamels, center applique in Gold and enamels, of multi piece construction, measuring 67. 4mm x 67. 4mm, hollow center construction (weighs 33. 9 grams), of excellent quality manufacture, unmarked, circa 1910 period manufacture, in near mint condition.