Canada, CEF. A Fine Officer's Tunic to a Minister with the 215th Battalion, by A. Brown & Sons Republic of and a letter to Matthiessen

and a letter to Matthiessen (as Landesverwaltungspräsident in Courland) from SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Behrends (1907–1948)

holding an ornately decorated rifle by its barrel

constructed of silvered zink and measuring 30 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

nine Canada Shoulder Flashes (gold-coloured embroidered lettering

1917 and accepted on August 29th

Canada, CEF. A Fine Officer's Tunic to a Minister with the 215th Battalion, by A. Brown & Sons Republic of and a letter to MatthiessenAn officer's tunic of superb quality by one of London's premier tailors, A. Brown & Sons located in the Burlington Arcade, in finely woven green cotton, featuring a four button front with four frontal pockets, all with matching CANADA buttons, with unofficial ribbon affixed above left breast pocket, private purchase CANADA collar badges in pickled bronze, heavily bullion English made CAANDA shoulder flashes on felt, cuffs with two pips denoting rank