A First War & German Police Medal Bar Hold (Reale Ordine di Francesco I)

(Reale Ordine di Francesco I)

Private Laplante was discharged upon demobilization at District Depot

He signed his CEF Attestation Paper as a Private (446499) with the 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion"

GAUNT MONTREAL" on their reverses

The pickelhaube has the Hessen pattern

A First War & German Police Medal Bar Hold (Reale Ordine di Francesco I)Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class (silver frame, iron core, magnetic, 43 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (bronze, maker marked "G & S" on the reverse, 37. 8 mm); and Third Reich: Police Long Service Cross, 2nd Class for Eighteen Years' Service (silver, 43 mm x 43. 3 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, original ribbons, light contact, extremely fine