Germany, Imperial. A Rare Merit Cross For War Assistance In Aluminum Auction 039 other ranks

039 other ranks

reverse illustrating the left-facing bust of the newly crowned young Queen Victoria

Commission Document Promoting Terrell to First Lieutenant with the Coast Artillery Corps

Father was at the time (1873-79) a Liberal senator who had been minister of agriculture in the Alexander Mackenzie government and was opposed to his son's taking up a military career

Schmid was shot again

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Merit Cross For War Assistance In Aluminum Auction 039 other ranks(Verdienstkreuz Kriegshilfdienst). Instituted 5 December 1916 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1916 1924 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm III, the reverse with an inscription of FR KRIEGS HILFDIENST (FOR WAR ASSISTANCE), unmarked, measuring 42. 69 mm (w) x 42. 98 mm (w), weighing 8. 1 grams (inclusive of