Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Canteen Dedicated to a German Guard by a Russian POW Archive He was appointed Adjutant with

He was appointed Adjutant with the Royal Canadian Artillery

as well as a Silver Infantry Assault Badge for his gallantry

As the survivors swam away from the burning fuel

Halifax Nova Scotia and working as a Horse Groom prior to enlisting in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in October 18th 1918

Footnote: The Order of Petar Zrinski and Frank Krst Frankopan is the order of the Republic of Croatia

Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Canteen Dedicated to a German Guard by a Russian POW Archive He was appointed Adjutant withConstructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a central hand etched heart pierced by a sword and anchor, flanked by dates 1914 1915, and topped by dedications of ZUM ANDENKEN GEFANGENEN LAGER CROSSEN A O (IN MEMORY OF PRISONER OF WAR CAMP CROSSEN AN ODER, now Krosno Odrzaskiem, Poland) and AUGUST GUST, the reverse bearing a hand etched Imperial Russian eagle overlaid by the monograms of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra, surrounded along the edges