He served eighteen years as a Permanent Force soldier (infantryman and non-commissioned officer) and was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with CANADA Bar on July 15
4th Class of the Order of the Star of Romania
His unit began attacking English air fields
a Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Frontkämpferbund - Der Stahlhelm (NSDFBSt) membership badge
Canada, Cef. A 223Rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scandinavians" Cap Badge Archive He served eighteen years asIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked but known to have been made by Dingwall of Winnipeg, measuring 45 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 223rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scandinavians" was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. Albrechsten with a