Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal For The Defence Of Leningrad Hold He signed his Attestation Paper

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 87th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Grenadier Guards"

and Victory Medal (467483 PTE

A Fine WWI Iron Cross

Hale was with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles only thirteen weeks when he was wounded in the field and died of his wounds while in transit aboard No

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Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal For The Defence Of Leningrad Hold He signed his Attestation Paper( ). Instituted in 1942. In brass, measuring 32 mm (w) x 37. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, spotting, edge nicks, contact marks overall, lightly soiled original ribbon, mounted to a five sided metal suspension with pinback, fine. Footnote: The Medal for the Defence of Leningrad is a Second World War campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on December 22, 1942 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, to recognize