Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Newly Listed this bayonet remains in a

this bayonet remains in a better than very fine condition

but Howie was fatally wounded by a mortar shell explosion

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the lid with a gold maker’s mark of “JOS

He is commemorated on page 586 of the First World War Book of Remembrance and is buried in Archangel Allied Cemetery

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Newly Listed this bayonet remains in a(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 91 mm (w) x