Canada, Commonwealth. A Birk’s Memorial Bar to F.S. Crossland, KIA 1942 Auction (Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer M34 für Mannschaften

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer M34 für Mannschaften und Unterführer)

the obverse bearing a central raised SS-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

the rim of the bell bearing the inscription “Ich rufe die Jugend der Welt” (I call the youth of the world)

surrounded by the dates 1866 1877 1881

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 (Silver frame

Canada, Commonwealth. A Birk’s Memorial Bar to F.S. Crossland, KIA 1942 Auction (Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer M34 für MannschaftenIn silver, engraved FS H. CROSSLAND R. C. A. F. DIED IN HIS COUNTRYS SERVICE 2 JUNE 1942, measures 66. 9 mm (w) x 14. 6 mm (h), weighs 6. 21 grams, reverse marked BIRKS and STERLING, light contact, very fine. Contained in original dark purple case and original paper notices of the memorial bar and medals, and contained in the original Footnote: Flight Sergeant Harry Crossland was killed in action on June 2, 1942. While on an operation to Essen,