Prussia, Kingdom. An Infantry Pickelhaube Helmet Plate Hold 13 Canadian General Hospital

13 Canadian General Hospital

one of the taglines noting "From Ypres to the Somme with the 13th Canadian Battalion

navy blue embroidery in the two ribbon banners

What everyone was hoping for was a peaceful Christmas in the front line

with the ribbon bars for each illustrated in the left hand margin in hand-drawn pencil crayon

Prussia, Kingdom. An Infantry Pickelhaube Helmet Plate Hold 13 Canadian General HospitalConstructed of bronze, a crowned eagle with outstretched wings, the cipher FR lays in the centre of its chest and a banner inscribed with MIT GOTT FR KOENIG UND VATERLAND (WITH GOD FOR KING AND FATHERLAND) lays across the entire body, the left talon clutches a sceptre and the right clutches a globus cruciger, the reverse bears two screwback pins, measuring 112. 20 mm (w) x 105 mm (h), missing part of the top of the sceptre and part of the crown,