it appears to be a manufacturing error
The inside lid with a handwritten inscription in German: "Ungarische Kriegsmedaillen 1914-17" (Hungarian War Medals 1914-17)
Private Weir was with the 43rd Infantry Battalion when he was Killed in Action on September 2
He was transferred to the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in 1934
conjoined initials "HK" scratched in on the reverse
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall U. Kunststoff GTRexclude it appears to be a(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, around a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight clutching a swastika, the reverse with a crimped ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked with the logo of Arbeitsgemeinschaft