Germany. An Hj Silver Grade Proficiency Badge GTRexclude Alberta when he signed his

Alberta when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 192nd Infantry Battalion "Crow's Nest Pass Battalion"

Health issues meant he had to go into retirement

1944 he was promoted to Gefreiter of the Staff Company

hallmarked with a hoopoe bird (from 1922)

in which he stated: "In carrying out these thankless and difficult tasks I had to fulfill my duty under the hardest exigencies of war

Germany. An Hj Silver Grade Proficiency Badge GTRexclude Alberta when he signed hisAn example of a Third Reich period HJ silver grade proficiency badge; in silvered cupal; vertical pinback unmarked example, 30mm x 51mm, in extremely fine condition.