all prongs appear to be intact underneath the wool backer
With khaki threads matching the colour of the 101st Airborne Division still remaining on patch
inscribed "ICH WILL MEINES STAATES ERSTER DIENER SEIN" above a ribboned branch of oak leaves
measuring 89 mm in diameter
Cross with magnetic center and solid silver frame
Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele Hold all prongs appear to be(706606 PTE. W. H. SWEENEY. 2 C. M. R.). Naming is officially impressed. Edge nicks, contact marks, replacement ribbon, very fine. Footnote: William Henry Sweeney was born on September 8, 1897 in Warrington, England, the son of Henry Sweeney and Clara Sweeney, later of Esquimalt, British Columbia. He was a resident of Victoria (Esquimalt), British Columbia when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (706606) with the 103rd Infantry Battalion, on