WWI Canadian Vimy Photograph Album GTRexclude RCAF Certificate of Presumption of

RCAF Certificate of Presumption of Death

one faded to a sepia-tone

eagle with crossed cannons over cannonballs suspension (bronze

The accompaning scabbard appears without dents in the chrome-plated metal fittings

inscribed in Latin "FREDERIC

WWI Canadian Vimy Photograph Album GTRexclude RCAF Certificate of Presumption ofWWI Canadian Vimy Photograph Album Containing 44 Original Photographs Importantly, the first photo of the lot is that of the initial field grave of Sergeant John William Peter Melvin who was killed April 7th 1917, likely by enemy bombardment, in the Vimy section while with the 2nd Canadian Railway Troops preparing for the Vimy assult. The remaining 43 Canadian photographs depict scenes in Canada in fresh uniforms, aboard ship heading overseas,