France, Iii Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Knight With Gold And Diamonds, By Arthus-Bertrand, C. 1918 certificate_of_authenticity The sweatband is embossed “EREL

The sweatband is embossed “EREL Stirnschutz” (“EREL Forehead Protection”)

The certificate states that Unterscharführer (NCO equivalent) Hubert Kappel

The story began in 1935 at Lindenstrasse 8 in Allach

and then in the 3rd Reserve Railway Pioneers Battalion

He was taken on strength at the Canadian Railway Troops Depot on June 9

France, Iii Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Knight With Gold And Diamonds, By Arthus-Bertrand, C. 1918 certificate_of_authenticity The sweatband is embossed “EREL(Legion dehonneur). Instituted May 19, 1802. Type VIII, Third Republic. (Issue 1870 1951). In silver, a white Maltese cross with ball finials, sections of green enamelled oak leaf and laurel wreath clusters in each quadrant, the obverse presents a Gold centerpiece of right facing profile of Marianne, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, the reverse centerpiece presents two crossed French flags superimposed on a Gold field,