For successful completion of this mission he was awarded the Knight’s Cross on June 14
The decoration was awarded on January 24
Below it he is identified as Regiment Commander in the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Totenkopf” (Death’s Head)
dated 14 August 1944
maker marked “BERG & NOLTE
Canada, CEF. A 34th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I with "34" within a circle Auction Archive For successful completion of thisIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 8 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Guelph, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 23, 1915 with a strength of 41 officers and 1,102 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Oliver. In England, the Battalion was reorganized as the "Boys Battalion" and ultimately disbanded.