Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross was instituted on November 11
He was invalided to England and returned to Canada in March 1919
possibly trimmed with light soiling along the top edge
Crown Insignia (silvered metal
followed by the mustering in of the troops on the 30th
Germany, Imperial. A First War Hesse Medal Pair certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross(Ordensschnalle). A First War period medal bar featuring two decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three