Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele United Republic of and below by the order

and below by the order of the King and Kaiser

Knight first class

Innsbruck” on reverse

Footnote: The medal was created to recognize the service of members of the National Guard

An original black and white

Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele United Republic of and below by the order(706606 PTE. W. H. SWEENEY. 2 C. M. R.). Naming is officially impressed. Edge nicks, contact marks, replacement ribbon, very fine. Footnote: William Henry Sweeney was born on September 8, 1897 in Warrington, England, the son of Henry Sweeney and Clara Sweeney, later of Esquimalt, British Columbia. He was a resident of Victoria (Esquimalt), British Columbia when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (706606) with the 103rd Infantry Battalion, on