Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords United Republic of He enlisted as a Gunner

He enlisted as a Gunner with the 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade

” for “Rudolf Souval” - also displaying some of Souval’s typical manufacturing characteristics

impressed "B" and "14712" on the reverse

1911 and created a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1911

Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords United Republic of He enlisted as a Gunner(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered feinzink; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; measuring 48. 31 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h); weighing 26. 0 grams; with the majority of its original