Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele Hold With khaki threads matching the

With khaki threads matching the colour of the 101st Airborne Division still remaining on patch

the flaps held up with silvered metal hooks fed through black threaded loops

There is also an admission that the Navy had got into bad habits during the war

inscribed "ICH WILL MEINES STAATES ERSTER DIENER SEIN" above a ribboned branch of oak leaves

Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele Hold With khaki threads matching the(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