Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years Hold Benson also held the rank

Benson also held the rank of Honorary Colonel in the 19th St

HERRMANN WIEN III

the obverse exhibiting a silver gilt crowned double-headed eagle superimposed on the cross

There are sporadic patches of mothing to the wool and rayon features

Footnote: William Charles Kempert was born in Princeton Ontario in 1893 and worked as a Telegraph Operator prior to enlisting in the CEF in September 1915

Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years Hold Benson also held the rank(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst III. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised RAD insignia, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE REICH LABOUR SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 32. 54 mm (w) x