A 13Th Infantry Battalion;1St Canadian Division Helmet Auction Archive Prussian Red Eagle Order

Prussian Red Eagle Order

With the growing possibility of an Allied invasion in the Balkans

when he was Killed in Action on January 12

number B17990 officially hand stamped on reverse

A 13Th Infantry Battalion;1St Canadian Division Helmet Auction Archive Prussian Red Eagle OrderFirst War Mark II: "Royal Highlanders of Canada" British made, steel, non magnetic, in dark green, navy blue circle above a red rectangle painted on the front, the navy blue representative of the 13th Infantry Battalion "Royal Highlanders of Canada", the red representative of the 1st Canadian Division. The protective edge of the helmet in a magnetic steel. Inside, steel framed cradle supporting a blackened canvas liner with underlying burlap support