Schleswig-Holstein. A 1917 Medal For 25 Years Of Loyal Service As A Deaconess certificate_of_authenticity Hipkiss signed his first Attestation

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

in silver Russian braid

On the western boundary of the war graves plot there is a memorial commemorating 30 servicemen whose remains were cremated at Sheffield Crematorium

The Company was in the line during the Flanders battle from the 08-20th of August 1917

before returning to the 3rd on September 1st

Schleswig-Holstein. A 1917 Medal For 25 Years Of Loyal Service As A Deaconess certificate_of_authenticity Hipkiss signed his first AttestationA round silver medal; the obverse depicint the leftward facing bust of Auguste Victoria, circumscribed by her name and title; the reverse inscribed FR XXV JAHRE TREUER DIENSTE ALS DIAKONISSIN 1917 (German For 25 Years of Loyal Service as a Deaconess); on a dual loop for suspension; measuring 39. 18 mm in diameter; weighing 23. 0 grams; in overall very fine condition.