Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 Buy Now Finnish coat-of-arms in gold-coloured ink

Finnish coat-of-arms in gold-coloured ink on the lid

Withalm began working as a spinner for a company producing artificial silk

the reverse inscribed “Verdienst im Kriege” (German - Merit at War)

he had been a delivery boy for a drug store which entailed three nights a week for two years

and two Combatant's Crosses

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 Buy Now Finnish coat-of-arms in gold-coloured ink(Ritterorden St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem Kreuz der Ehrenritter). Instituted 15 October 1852 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1852 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by blackened Prussian imperial eagles executed in exceptional detail, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan suspension perforated with an eyelet, the latter