Kirkham was an Acting Lance Corporal with the 50th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Regiment" when he was Killed in Action on October 22
A group ofmen who were descendants of Revolutionary War veterans gathered to celebrate thecentennial of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States
crazing in the enamels of the enamelled insignia
together with short history of WWI UB-69
the majority of them in an Avro 504K
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity Kirkham was an Acting Lance(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring 44. 03 mm (w)
