A Post-War Signed Photo Of Kc Recipient Hans Fiedler Auction A Victorian 53rd Shropshire Regiment

A Victorian  53rd Shropshire Regiment of Foot Helmet Plate - Bronze

enamel slightly chipped

The 14th Infantry Battalion was raised from the Royal Montreal Regiment and mobilized at Valcartier Camp

One of just 33 Distinguished Conduct Medals awarded for air operations to members of the Royal Flying Corps

it noted that he had "pain above the left eye for the last two years" and that "since January

A Post-War Signed Photo Of Kc Recipient Hans Fiedler Auction A Victorian 53rd Shropshire RegimentA photo, measuring 100x148mm, near mint condition. It shows Oberfeldwebel (Staff Sergeant) Hans Fiedler of the 9th Company of Grenadier Regiment 309. Not much is known about him, except that he won the Knights Cross on February 18, 1945, and he is said to have had his right leg amputated after being wounded in action, possibly the feat that earned him the award.