Canada, Cef. A War Medal To Private Harold States, No.2 Construction (The ‘Black Battalion’) consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Completing the exterior features is

Completing the exterior features is a brown leather band set around the entirety of the rime

measuring 67 mm (w) x 38 mm (h)

(Deutsches Afrikakorps Uniform Krawatte)

4) Photograph of Gerhard Krems

Canada, Cef. A War Medal To Private Harold States, No.2 Construction (The ‘Black Battalion’) consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Completing the exterior features isSilver Medal bearing 1914 1918 on obverse with bust of King George V on reverse, inscribed 931178 PTE H. STATES CFC [Canadian Forestry Corps] along the bottom, measuring at 36. 1mm (w) x 49. 9mm (h to top of suspension) and weighing 33. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: Private States, born 1898 in Mapleton, Nova Scotia, was described with a Black complexion upon enlistment in 1916.