Canada, Dominion. A 65Th Battalion, Mount Royal Rifles Helmet Plate, C.1890 GTRexclude A Nepalese Order of Gorkha

A Nepalese Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu

Kietz was wounded on May 22

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all members of the battalion had to undergo a twelve-day parachute training course

circumscribed by a raised inscription of “DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER” (“THE GERMAN MOTHER”)

Canada, Dominion. A 65Th Battalion, Mount Royal Rifles Helmet Plate, C.1890 GTRexclude A Nepalese Order of GorkhaIn die stamped blackened brass, unmarked, illustrating the number "65" in the centre, the circlet inscribed "CARABINIERS MONT ROYAL", framed by an open ended wreath of maple leaves and backed by a Maltese cross, the upper arm of the cross inscribed in French with the battle honour "BUTTE AUX FRANCAIS 1885" (Battle of Frenchman's Butte, fought on May 28, 1885, as part of the North West Rebellion) and surmounted by the Victorian crown, a ribbon banner