Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Principality. A Waterloo Campaign Merit Cross, Ca. 1816 Archive Footnote: The 46th Infantry Battalion

Footnote: The 46th Infantry Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moose Jaw

Footnote: Prior to the establishment of the Order of the Star of Romania in 1877

It was awarded generally to Poles

constructed of gray fabric with red string sewn on the top of the strap

A Second War Iron Cross First Class 1939 - Magnetic/iron core

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Principality. A Waterloo Campaign Merit Cross, Ca. 1816 Archive Footnote: The 46th Infantry Battalion(Erinnerungskreuz fr 1814 1815). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with central dates 1814 1815, the reverse with an inscription of SCHWARZBURGS BRAVEN KRIEGERN FR DEUTSCHLANDS BEFREIUNG (SCHWARZBURGS BRAVE WARRIORS FOR GERMANYS LIBERATION), with a laurel wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 26. 98 mm (w) x 33. 59 mm (h), weighing 5. 1 grams, in near extremely fine condition.