A German Day Of Mourning Card; First War Soldiers certificate_of_authenticity and City of Toronto Award

and City of Toronto Award Document (printed in four colour inks on a thick off-white paper stock

This caused Addison to have "defective hearing"

Told by his engineers that a replacement would take twelve hours to construct

He died of wounds on 5th June 1917 whilst serving with 5th Brigade

McKenzie was cited for "gallantry in action as bombardier of a B-24 type aircraft

A German Day Of Mourning Card; First War Soldiers certificate_of_authenticity and City of Toronto AwardA Day of Commemoration of Heroes card, 14. 9 x 10. 4 cm. Date of item: Period of Nazi Germany. Condition: good, signs of aging, slight rip. A card celebrating the Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes). It was first instituted as Volkstrauertag (Peoples Mourning Day) during the Weimar Republic, in memory of the fallen soldiers in WWI. It was supposed to be observed quietly and respectfully. The Nazis gave it a new name and a new meaning,