Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity Gillespie was six times mentioned

Gillespie was six times mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 19 October 1914

" (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster) and numbered "653146" on the screwback

the Commander’s Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy on September 29

In a letter from his mother

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity Gillespie was six times mentioned(Reichsarbeitsdienst Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of zink, the obverse consisting of a shovel head trimmed with red enamels, with a central raised mobile swastika, between dual wheat stalks, the reverse with both attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.