he was fighting in a trench at the siege of Sevastopol when a shell fell among cases of ammunition and powder
just before the British army at Kut surrendered
a Canadian Order in Council of December 13
the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
A mint and unissued First War German (Imperial) EM/NCO’s “Gürtelschnalle”
Poland, Kingdom. An Order of Polonia Restituta, Grand Cross, c.1935 Auction he was fighting in aInstituted in 1921. The sash badge in bronze gilt, consisting of a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, obverse center featuring an enamelled white Polish coat of arms with a crowned eagle on a red enamelled background, encircled by an enamelled blue border inscribed by POLONIA RESTITUTA, the reverse center presenting the date 1918, inclusive of the integral ring measuring 68. 9 mm (w) x 68. 7 mm (h), weighs 67. 28 grams, accompanied by a