Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years GTRexclude Quebec Provisional Battalion is shown

Quebec Provisional Battalion is shown on the roll of the 97 man Quebec Provisional Battalion (AKA The Provisional Battalion of Quebec)

John Wilson of Winnipeg

She was from Kiel and may have been a girl he met when U-296 was in port in Kiel

with a 27 mm wide red wool band around the circumference sewn in place near the opening

1914 Patriotic Iron Cross - in silvered metal

Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years GTRexclude Quebec Provisional Battalion is shown(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst III. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Constructed of silvered aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised RAD insignia, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE REICH LABOUR SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 32. 75