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Holster flap, w/ cap badge: This Inscription on the underside of the holster flap prompted me to purchase the .455 Second Model revolver and holster that once belonged to Lt. Martin H. Bluethner. The 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles cap badge shown here is a highly collectible item in its own right.

The package that arrived contained 44 pages of material. Included in the documents were copies of Martin Bluethner’s attestation (enlistment) papers, medical history, casualty (injury) forms, regimental and company conduct sheets, pay records and his dispersal (discharge) certificate. The following summary of his military service was chronicled from the documentation:

Martin Herman Bluethner enlisted in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on January 11, 1915, at Stratford, Ontario. He was 22 years old, 5 feet, 7-1/4 inches tall, and weighed 135 lbs. According to his attestation form, he had brown hair and blue eyes. Martin’s civilian occupation was “clerk” and his religion Lutheran. Upon his enlistment, Recruit Bluethner was given Regimental (military ID) Number 602173 and was assigned to the 34th Battalion.