An Italian Youth Of The Lictor Matera Fascist Membership Badge Newly Listed he was forced to leave

he was forced to leave school that year

Royal Canadian Regiment and later

He and Lieutenant Colonel MacDonnell were made Companions of the Bath after the war for their parts in the battle

numbered "3958" on the buttonhole attachment

He entered France with the 16th Infantry Battalion on February 9

An Italian Youth Of The Lictor Matera Fascist Membership Badge Newly Listed he was forced to leave(Giovent Italiana del Littorio =GIL): Die stamped bronze gilt with deep yellow and red paint, unmarked, 57. 5 mm x 71. 7 mm, die holes in all three corners for uniform attachment, scattered gilt wear and paint chipping, better than very fine.