A First War Mark Ii 54Th Battalion Helmet; Named To Chaplain & Published Auction KVETNA 1945" (PRAGUE 5th May

KVETNA 1945" (PRAGUE 5th May 1945 = the date of the Prague Uprising) above

measuring 49 mm in diameter

where he was discharged upon demobilization on April 2

He was later described as "a singer and hero" when he died fighting for the Lützow Free Corps in a skirmish with Napoleonic troops in the Rosenow Forest near Lützow

Training Documents

A First War Mark Ii 54Th Battalion Helmet; Named To Chaplain & Published Auction KVETNA 1945" (PRAGUE 5th MayPublished in Military Antiques and Collectibles by Victor Taborika on page 207; Noted to be worn by Canadian Chaplain George Alfred McDonald; A First War Mark II 54th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion", 11th Canadian Brigade, 4th Canadian Division Helmet: Published British made, steel, non magnetic, in greenish black, red circle above a green rectangle painted on the front, the red circle representative of the 54th Infantry Battalion, the green