with top inscription “IN LIEB UND TREU EIN VORBILD UNS” (“IN LOVE AND FAITH A MODEL FOR US”)
Carmichael - Killed during Air Raid - Defence Medal
with small portion of sash only
complementing his previously awarded 1914-15 Star of 1915
Hughes was admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital at Dudley Road
Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Newly Listed with top inscription “IN LIEBIn blackened copper, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Mobilization headquarters was at Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 29, 1916 aboard the S. S. Empress of Britain, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Dennistoun with a