Description
On April 1st 1868
Garrisoned in Vercelli
neutralized three enemy bunkers to free the pinned down elements and gain the crest of the hill
" Birchall received the fifth clasp for service to the Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) in 1996 and is the only member of the Canadian military to have earned five clasps
illustrating a soldier with the Tirol flag straddling a cannon and two cannonballs
A First War German Field Honour Badge And Stickpin, Boxed With Award Document Buy Now On April 1st 1868Badge: three piece construction, silvered bronze, bronze gilt and white enamels, marked "Deutsches Feld Ehrenzeichen", "Hamburg 11" and "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschtzt) on the reverse, 52. 3 mm x 63. 8 mm, vertical pinback, pinned to his cardboard presentation card, crazing evident in the white enamels on two arms; and Stickpin: three piece construction, silvered bronze, bronze gilt and white enamels, blackened bronze centrepiece, marked "GES.