Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Burnside was awarded the Canadian

Burnside was awarded the Canadian Forces' Decoration on February 7

1913 in Menton on the French Riviera and was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral

He was captured by the Red Army and held as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union until 1949

with thirteen white stars arranged in the pattern that appears on the Great Seal of the United States

After the campaign in Southern Poland

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Burnside was awarded the Canadian(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the revere with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams,