adorned by an Imperial Spanish crown also in bronze gilt
The metal box was found in a wall during the demolition of a house in Toronto
but his warning put the defenders on alert and allowed the harbour to be partially cleared before the Japanese attacked Colombo
obverse illustrating a standing Ashford in full dress uniform in a studio setting
marked “L/57” for “Börger & Co” on the reverse
Germany, Third Reich. A Commemorative Anschluss Of Austria Medal With Case Newly Listed adorned by an Imperial Spanish(Ostmark Medaille). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bears two raised male figures, the one on the right bearing the German flag in his left hand, with his right hand placed around the shoulders of the figure on the left, with broken chains around his right arm, directly above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse inscribed with the date 13. Mrz 1938