Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 5Th Don Cossacks Regiment Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The 239th Infantry Battalion was

The 239th Infantry Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier under the authority of G

It concludes with five Appendices

topped by a fireman’s helmet and axe

) Prisoner of War (P

Sometime between his signing at Valcartier Camp and his posting to the CEF Divisional Ammunition Column at West Down

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 5Th Don Cossacks Regiment Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The 239th Infantry Battalion was(Wehrmacht Kreuz des 5. Don Kosaken Reiter Regiments). Constructed of aluminum, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse trimmed with a depressed and blackened border, bearing a central raised mobile swastika, the three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised Cyrillic inscription of (KONONOV, for Ivan Nikitich Kononov), the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised number 5, the six oclock arm bearing a raised date of 28. X. 1941, with crossed swords piercing