Canada. A Memorial Cross To Pte John Wesley Humphrys, Casc certificate_of_authenticity Siegmund Matheja

Siegmund Matheja

coinage profile FID: DEF: type (W/O

machine embroidered threads on grey-green wool cloth

This was a significant accomplishment for these airmen as RAF bomber losses in the war were staggeringly high

Silver Grade (Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Canada. A Memorial Cross To Pte John Wesley Humphrys, Casc certificate_of_authenticity Siegmund MathejaCanada; George VI (B. 566441 Pte. J. W HUMPHRYS). Naming is engraved. Sterling silver, marked R "STERLING" on reverse, surface wear on 6 oclock arm of cross, along with a partial original neck ribbon, frayed at one end. Near very fine condition. Footnote: Private John Wesley Humphrys was 37 when he died on February 10, 1945 serving in the Canadian Army Service Corps. His next of kin included his mother, Elizabeth Susan Humphrys of Lansing and his wife