Canada. A Military Cross & Bar To The Capt. Burness, Ppcli, 2Nd University Company Buy Now / North Korea

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“in consultation with the military authorities over here

Liner is size marked 59 and handwritten owners initials A B

the first sword in common use for the Heavy and Light Cavalry and was also the first sword with the tang being an extension of the blade

Footnote: The Winterhilfswerk (WHW = Winter Help Work) was an annual drive by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (the National Socialist People’s Welfare Organization) to help finance charitable work

Canada. A Military Cross & Bar To The Capt. Burness, Ppcli, 2Nd University Company Buy Now / North KoreaGeorge V. Silver, engraved "Capt Kenneth Charles Burness P. P. C. L. I. 1919" on the reverse, measuring 44. 5 mm (w) x 48. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, original ribbon suspended from a pinback hanger, reverse mounted under glass with a brief biography which includes his two citations, within a 280 mm (w) x 355 mm (h) frame, extremely fine. Footnote: Kenneth Charles Burness was born on July 22, 1893 in West Hampstead, London, England,