Medal Components Recovered From The Destroyed Zimmermann Factory Buy Now In early May 1944

In early May 1944

with the beginning of November 1902 having him transferring to the Corps of Lancers of the Line and posted to the 9th Lancers

Footnote: Ireneo Portela (July 15

Footnote: SPQR is an acronym of the Latin phrase "Senātus Populusque Rōmānus" (The Senate and People of Rome)

so he was allocated to the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps (RCIC)

Medal Components Recovered From The Destroyed Zimmermann Factory Buy Now In early May 1944Includes various dies, centrepieces, rings, loops, stickpins and insignia, in bronze or silver. Fire damaged, fair. Footnote: Zimmermann was a well known German manufacturer of a great variety of awards, German and International, and was destroyed in an allied bombing raid in the early 1940's on Pforzheim, Germany. Sometime in 1990, during construction on the site, a quantity of medals was discovered (about 50 kilos) and bought by eMedals. Some were