Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, IV Class Cross on Parade Mount, by Johann Wagner & Sohn GTRexclude with McKinnon later joining the

with McKinnon later joining the 7th Infantry Battalion "1st British Columbia Regiment" as a reinforcement in the French theatre

with the former surrounded by a red enameled ring and bearing a central black enameled mobile swastika

1948 and was expanded to five classes on August 23

supporting a brass chain link chin strap backed with a black leather and corduroy strap

Surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed “Merenti” (Merit) in silver lettering

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, IV Class Cross on Parade Mount, by Johann Wagner & Sohn GTRexclude with McKinnon later joining the(Kniglicher Kronen Orden Kreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 18 October 1861 by King Wilhelm I. (1869 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised crown, situated within a circular blue enameled ring, bearing a gilt inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with arabesques, the reverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Wilhelm I, situated within a blue