Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal United Republic of Military Order of William (GOLD

Military Order of William (GOLD

Wrapped around the crossguard and lower handle grip is a period original portepee consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire acorn

Footnote: Thomas Frederick Lawler was born in Coldwater Ontario in 1897 and worked as a farmer prior to enlisting in the CEF in April 1916

hat buttons

the bestowing of the order was halted

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal United Republic of Military Order of William (GOLD(Erinnerungsmedaille fr die spanischen Freiwilligen im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus). Constructed of gilded zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised sword overlaid by shield bearing Heer and Falange insignia, topped by a Stahlhelm, and above a swastika flanked by laurel leaves, the reverse bearing an inscription o DIVISIN ESPAOLA DE VOLUNTARIOS EN RUSIA (DIVISION OF SPANISH VOLUNTEERS IN