Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, by the Berlin Mint visually-hidden The heavy white cotton hoist

The heavy white cotton hoist sleeve houses a metal bar

Between January and April 1945 he commanded the 16th SS Army Corps in Pomerania

He was an active member of the Collingwood Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion for the last twenty-five years of his life

measuring 125 mm (w) x 25 mm (h)

An Estonian Order of the Eagle boutonniere with cockade-style ribbon

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, by the Berlin Mint visually-hidden The heavy white cotton hoist(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr). Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1934 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle, overlaid across its chest by a shield bearing a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), surrounded by a circular oak leaf wreath, the edge marked with a crescent indicating German manufacture, a