the center medallion featuring a white enamelled elephant on a rich blue enamelled field with a Thai Crown and Thai characteristics
was awarded to William Cartwright in 1868 for services in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service
issued in Berlin on 1 October 1939
83 mm x 132 mm
Vernon Hodson was a long-serving officer of the Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) whose military career spanned both World Wars and extended from junior officer ranks through to Brigadier and command appointments
Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Visor Cap Insignia GTRexclude the center medallion featuring a(Heer Konvolut). A lot of items from the estate of a Heer veteran, including: 1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from 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 mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813,