The dagger completes with a flattened nickel-silver pommel which screws in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity
each side features a separately attached
featuring the handwritten signature of an unidentified Hauptmann and Group Captain
He was known to have a kindly and gentle disposition throughout his private and business life
Friedrich August Medal
Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Cross to Sgt. McKenna, QOR, KIA 1944 Province of China The dagger completes with aIn silver, reverse engraved B. 63637 SGT. R. P. McKENNA, marked LACKIE STERLING on the reverse 6 oclock arm, no ribbon, light wear, very fine. Footnote: Robert Patrick McKenna was born on June 7, 1914 in Toronto, Ontario. He was employed as a travelling salesman for Beatty Bros in Fergus, Ontario, with several years experience with the Queens Own Rifles of Canada (as of 1936). McKenna enlisted on June 12, 1940. He travelled to Halifax, to Scotland,