A Fine Prinzen Size Iron Cross 1914 First Class In Its Case Of Issue certificate_of_authenticity Royal Naval Reserve was placed

Royal Naval Reserve was placed on the Retired List

The Battalion sailed September 25

two months shy of his eighteenth birthday

crowned spread-winged eagle between bayonets

these words appear in French and in English: "TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA

A Fine Prinzen Size Iron Cross 1914 First Class In Its Case Of Issue certificate_of_authenticity Royal Naval Reserve was placedA fine textbook example of an Iron Cross 1914 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse Prinzen size; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a slender manjo style pin, a barrel hinge, and a round wire