Description
where he was taken on strength of the Canadian Corps in France on April 11
missing its dust jacket
a white cross pattee with surmounting crown
the reverse centre shows the royal cipher of Kaiser Wilhelm II
above a sword wrapped on an oak leaf branch
Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle II Class, with Swords and Wound Badge Republic of where he was taken on(Schlesischer Adler II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle, executed in black enamels with features and details highlighted in silver, clutching a banner in its talons bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA), overlaid across its chest with a Brustmond, notable