Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version Auction Butson's George Cross is on

Butson's George Cross is on display at the Canadian Forces Base Borden Military Museum

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 173rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" on April 17

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bearing machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia with a central black threaded mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version Auction Butson's George Cross is on(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of a double overlaid field grey sunburst pattern with eight points, with the bottom outer layer of the cross in silver aluminum bullion threading, while the rest consists of dark grey threading, the cross features a stamped gilded tombak circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year 1941, the inner and outer sides of