Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal United Republic of Wrapped around the crossguard and

Wrapped around the crossguard and lower handle grip is a period original portepee consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire acorn

Military Order of William (GOLD

Footnote: Thomas Frederick Lawler was born in Coldwater Ontario in 1897 and worked as a farmer prior to enlisting in the CEF in April 1916

For 24 years of Service

obverse illustrating an Indian woman standing with a jug on her head and a second woman to the right sitting under a palm tree

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal United Republic of Wrapped around the crossguard and(Erinnerungsmedaille fr die spanischen Freiwilligen im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus). Constructed of gilded zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised sword overlaid by shield bearing Heer and Falange insignia, topped by a Stahlhelm, and above a swastika flanked by laurel leaves, the reverse bearing an inscription o DIVISIN ESPAOLA DE VOLUNTARIOS EN RUSIA (DIVISION OF SPANISH VOLUNTEERS IN