Frankfurt, Free City. A Rare 1814 Cross of Honour for Officers of the Line, Type II visually-hidden Accompanied by the matching star

Accompanied by the matching star of the order

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the left breast presents a ribbon bar bearing ribbons for a 1939 Iron Cross

the twelve o’clock arm riveted with a crossed sword clasp and hollow crown suspension with a loop retaining a period original ribbon

He was a resident of Moncton when he signed his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917

Frankfurt, Free City. A Rare 1814 Cross of Honour for Officers of the Line, Type II visually-hidden Accompanied by the matching star(Ehrenkreuz fr Offiziere der Linie 1814). Instituted 22 October 1814 by Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss Greiz. (1814 1815 issue). Constructed of blackened and gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central oval medallion circumscribing an inscription of DEUTSCHLAND (GERMANY), the three, nine, and twelve oclock arms bearing the monograms of Emperor Franz I of Austria, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and King Friedrich Wilhelm III