Canada, Commonwealth. A Italian Campaign Overseas Service Medal Bar (1939-45 Star / Italy Star) Newly Listed A Merit Cross for War

A Merit Cross for War Aid Document to Hermann Hake on cream coloured paper

He has no known grave and was initially commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in the Somme

The reverse ricasso bears the maker’s logo of Koch & Rau

the reverse with a barrel hinge and partially-intact vertical pinback with a flat wire catch

Manitoba that June

Canada, Commonwealth. A Italian Campaign Overseas Service Medal Bar (1939-45 Star / Italy Star) Newly Listed A Merit Cross for WarA Canadian medal bar grouping with five awards, consisting of: 1. A 1939 1945 Star. Constructed of a copper zinc alloy, consisting of a six pointed star, the obverse depicting the Royal Cypher GRI VI centrally surmounted by a crown and inscribed The 1939 1945 Star in capitalized lettering, the reverse is plain, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon from the medal bar, unmarked, measuring 38. 1 mm (w) x 50. 9 mm