with Chinese characters stating the award was issued by the Government of Yunnan Province under the order of Long Yun (1927-1945)
approximately 51x17mm (2 in width by 1/2 in height)
with inlaid inscription AL MERITO MILITARE (To Military Merit) on a red enameled background
Ontario with his wife Maud and was employed as a baker before enlisting with the Canadian Infantry on September 27
A First War Italian 2nd Army Commemorative Cross - Silvered bronze with red enamels
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Non-Combatant Iron Cross, Ii Class With Case, By Carl Dillenius GTRexclude with Chinese characters stating the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W under an Imperial crown, and institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm, marked CD800 on loop for