Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic he and his battalion distinguished

he and his battalion distinguished themselves in such a way that his name was submitted in June for the Pour le Merite due to his outstanding achievements and personal bravery

in lovely shape

the Merit Cross for War Aid

maker marked "B" and number stamped "14199" on the reverse

Humpe and the rest of his crew had been tasked with attacking Russian supply lines on the railway track between Belgorod and Kursk

Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic he and his battalion distinguishedIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915, with the mobilization headquarters at Victoria. The Battalion sailed July 1, 1915 aboard the R. M. S. Grampian, with a strength of 38 officers and 1,020 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. J. H. Holmes, arriving in England on July