Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants GTRexclude four QEII Observer Sleeve Badges

four QEII Observer Sleeve Badges (in silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire

The 73rd Infantry Battalion was raised in Western Quebec and Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Montreal

maker mark “19” on loop for E

plus an off-white shoelace replacing the original drawstring that has been lost to time

Szulczewska in Radom

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants GTRexclude four QEII Observer Sleeve Badges(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves,