Izzy Dolls: Perth, Ont. knitters make 80 peacekeeper ‘Izzy Dolls’ for D-Day anniversary [Video]

Volunteers in Perth, Ont. have knit small peacekeeper “Izzy Dolls” that will be sent to France in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.

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The dolls are named after Master Cpl. Mark Isfeld, who was killed by a landmine in Croatia nearly 30 years ago.

“We’ve had women right across Canada making the regular Izzy Dolls, why not get them to make some peacekeepers,” said Shirley O’Connell, known as the “Izzy Doll mama.”

Before Isfeld’s death, he would hand out small, knit dolls made by his mother to children wherever he went.

“His troop, who saw the effects of how much it meant to the children and to the soldiers to be distributing these little dolls, asked her if she …