A First War Pair To The Canadian Railway Troops Auction Archive in Oct 1943

in Oct 1943

British War Medal (28023 PTE

He received the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Infantry Assault Badge in 1941

he returned from the hospital to command the 5th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment “Wiking

exposing the brown bakelite core below

A First War Pair To The Canadian Railway Troops Auction Archive in Oct 1943British War Medal (648630 SPR. A. E. MERCER. C. R. T.); and Victory Medal (648630 SPR. A. E. MERCER. C. R. T.). Naming is officially impressed. Un mounted, original ribbons, bruising on the BWM, contact marks and gilt wear on the VM, very fine. Footnote: Albert Edwin Mercer was born on April 29, 1876 in Myrtle, Ontario. He was a resident of Cochrane, Ontario when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (648630) with the 159th Infantry Battalion