Description
Mayer Iron Cross I Class screwback variant
the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a Hohenzollern imperial eagle
Stitched onto the tunic just above the right pocket is an insignia consisting of a triangular field-grey rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
1918 and spent time as a prisoner of war in Italy between November 2nd
the obverse bears the crowned leftward facing effigy of King George V
Canada, CEF. A 154th Infantry Battalion "Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders" Cap Badge Newly Listed Mayer Iron Cross I ClassIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 44 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Cornwall, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 25, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. G. F. McDonald with a strength of 29 officers and 872 other ranks. In England, the