A Second War German Red Cross Brassard (Armband) For Volunteer Stretcher Bearers Hold 1915 and comprised about 500

1915 and comprised about 500 men from the construction forces of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Major William Lesley Langley - Sepia-toned studio portrait mounted to cardboard

During his time in the Army

They were later to have two other children

42mm x 48mm

A Second War German Red Cross Brassard (Armband) For Volunteer Stretcher Bearers Hold 1915 and comprised about 500White cotton with an embroidered red cross, stamped in black ink with a left facing eagle standing upon a wreathed swastika, surrounded by the inscription "Kommissar der Freiwilligen Krankenpflege" (Commissioner of Nursing Volunteers) with circular outline, 98 mm x 150 mm, the ends sewn together on the reverse, light spotting, better than very fine.