A First War Period Prussian Red Eagle Order; 3Rd Class With Swords By Wagner GTRexclude The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction

The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15

77" on the reverse) and a newspaper obituary with photograph of the younger Southwood

1-89 PJBIS

credited with having served in Canada and the Far East

1928 in Battery B

A First War Period Prussian Red Eagle Order; 3Rd Class With Swords By Wagner GTRexclude The Canadian Overseas Railway ConstructionCross in silver, 39mm x 39mm, bottom arm marked "W" (for Wagner, Berlin), WW1 period issue; with swords i silver gilt, screwed into the cross, (as is a case with Prussian awards with swords), and most likely added later, between the Wars; in worn condition, nearly extremely fine.