Braunschweig. A War Merit Cross, Second Class Auction Archive "souvenir money"

"souvenir money"

Footnote: The yellow colour is indicative of Aviator troops (pilots and ground personnel) and Parachute troops

with the 1st and 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers taking part in the First Day of the Battle of the Somme that saw the British forces sustain horrific casualties

In Witness Whereof Our Governor General of Our Dominion of Canada hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Government House in the City of Ottawa this Tenth day of December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-one and in the Fifth Year of Our Reign

Braunschweig. A War Merit Cross, Second Class Auction Archive "souvenir money"(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse) Issued 1914 1918. A cross pattee constructed of darkened bronze; the obverse inscribed EA for Ernst August, with a raised royal crown on the upper arm, and dated 1914 on the lower arm; the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (German For Merit at War); on a double loop for suspension from its correct replacement ribbon; measuring 30. 45 mm (w) x 33. 46 mm (h); weighing 10. 2 grams; in overall very fine condition.