earning him the six clasp QSA and the two clasp KSA
Footnote: Hospital Corporal William H
Robert Clarke signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (623181) with the 61st Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Battalion" on September 8
the exterior bearing a rectangular oak leaf wreath
It shows a First War veteran wearing an Iron Cross 1914 2nd Class
Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order Of Savoy In Gold, Grand Cross Badge, C.1915 Hold earning him the six clasp(Ordine militare di Savoia). Instituted 1815 by King Victor Emmanuel I. Italian Kingdom Period. Of high quality manufacture in Gold, featuring a white enameled Pison Cross, with detailed green and red enamel laurel and olive branches in each quadrant, obverse centre depicting a white enameled cross of Savoy, with inlaid Gold inscription AL MERITO MILITARE (To Military Merit) on a red enameled background, reverse featuring the restructure date of 1855