Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. John, Officer’s Breast Star, C.1880 Hold original ribbon with hanger inscribed

original ribbon with hanger inscribed "1914-1915"

Upon demobilization

the Canadian Officer Training Corps

measuring 55 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

Fittings on the crossguards are nickel plated

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. John, Officer’s Breast Star, C.1880 Hold original ribbon with hanger inscribed(Brustkreuz des Johanniter Ordens Balley Brandenburg). Instituted in 1852 by King Frederick William III of Prussia in the typical style of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg, the Protestant branch of the Johanniterorden (Johanniter Order). A silver Maltese cross with a lightly pebbled obverse, the reverse with reinforcements to the cross but otherwise plain, with a vertical needle style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a broad wire catch, unmarked, measuring 53