A First War Memorial Cross To The 139Th Infantry Battalion Cef certificate_of_authenticity These pins were awarded (on

These pins were awarded (on request) from parachute companies to pilots who successfully bailed out of airplanes

without pin on reverse

the Order of Cultural Merit was awarded in four classes

he was employed as a brakeman

then invalided to England on May 1st

A First War Memorial Cross To The 139Th Infantry Battalion Cef certificate_of_authenticity These pins were awarded (onA First War Memorial Cross to the 139th Infantry Battalion CEF; George V (814821 Pte. N. FRANCHE). Naming is officially engraved. Dark patina, light contact, near extremely fine. In its hardshelled case of issue, case also near extremely fine. Footnote: Napoleon Franche was born on March 31, 1897 in Hammond, Ontario. He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 139th Infantry Battalion "Northumberland Battalion" on March 7, 1916, in Ottawa,