Description
Knight with Swords (silver gilt and enamels
An Italian St
embroidered in silver wire on top of a black wool
later marrying Kathleen Kirkpatrick
Im Dienst der Deutschen Wehrmacht Armband - In course white cotton construction armband with black printed script to the obverse
Wwi Canadian Army Dental Corps Collar Badge Archive Knight with Swords (silver giltWWI Canadian Army Dental Corps Collar Badge Pickled brass, unmarked, 29. 2 mm x 30 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The medical standards of the Canadian Army were very rigid and numerous recruits were turned away due to poor teeth. In 1915, the Canadian Dental Association approached Sir Samuel Hughes, Minister of Militia, offering to establish a dental corps within the army to remedy this situation. It is believed that the Canadian Army