Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele Hold inscribed "ICH WILL MEINES STAATES

inscribed "ICH WILL MEINES STAATES ERSTER DIENER SEIN" above a ribboned branch of oak leaves

His Will stated "In the event of my death I give the whole of my property to my Mother" (Mrs

There is also an admission that the Navy had got into bad habits during the war

He served with the Rifle Brigade for 2 years and was promoted to Major in 1877

the flaps held up with silvered metal hooks fed through black threaded loops

Canada. A British War Medal, Private Sweeney, 2Nd Battalion Cmr, Wounded At Passchendaele Hold inscribed "ICH WILL MEINES STAATES(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