Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade GTRexclude the regiment was sent to

the regiment was sent to Italy

Two WWI German Wound Badges - Black & Silver Grade

each constructed of (silvered and gilded) bronze with multi-coloured enamels

Pair of shoulder straps

Hipkiss signed his first Attestation Paper as a Private (53686) with the 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment"

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade GTRexclude the regiment was sent to(Tapferkeitsmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte, bearing a central Saxon coat of arms, flanked by a date of 1914 and topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a monogram of Duke Ernst II, unmarked, measuring 31. 03 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near