Canada, CEF. An Officer's Tunic & Coat, No.1 Canadian General Hospital Province of China -OSTMARK GELÄNDEFAHRT”

-OSTMARK GELÄNDEFAHRT”

A vertical slit is set into the lower reverse which is flanked by scalloped flaps

with a crimped split ball hinge

(Tageszeichen)

secured together with a rounded pommel nut which maintains the structural integrity of the dagger

Canada, CEF. An Officer's Tunic & Coat, No.1 Canadian General Hospital Province of China -OSTMARK GELÄNDEFAHRT”Acquired together from an estate, both named on interior pocket to Captain William Berkeley Stark who was a physician with the Royal Canadian Medical Corps throughout the war. Born in Toronto, Stark would join the CEF in February 1916 having previously served with the R. C. M. C. Stark would go on to serve in both England and France with the Ontario Military Hospital, Orpington, C. A. M. C. Depot Shornecliffe, and most notably, No. 1 Canadian General