Baden, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, , C.1908 Auction number impressed "143373" on the

number impressed "143373" on the reverse

Also included is his Air Medal Award Certificate (inscribed "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS

maker marked  M 7/45 (Karl Bocker

A First War Medal Group to Piper Neilson

followed immediately afterwards by his taking up the position of Assistant Manager with Ontario Plumbing and Heating Supplies in Toronto

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, , C.1908 Auction number impressed "143373" on the(Civil Verdienstmedaille). Type XI. Originally instituted 1769. A circular medal constructed of gilded metal alloy, the obverse bears the left facing portrait of Friedrich II, circumscribed with FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN, the reverse is inscribed with FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) encompassed by an oak leaf wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 38. 87 mm (w) x 43. 43 mm (h), with suspension loop on a yellow and red ribbon, very fine.