Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele Hold the flaps held up with

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

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

all prongs appear to be intact underneath the wool backer

measuring 89 mm in diameter

He served with the Rifle Brigade for 2 years and was promoted to Major in 1877

Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele Hold the flaps held up with(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