Prussia, Imperial. A Rare Aluminum Variant of the Merit Cross for War Aid Hold and a reprinted photograph of

and a reprinted photograph of John MacRae

who became a legal agent and solicitor for the Dominion Government in Ottawa from 1878 to 1896

food stamps

silvering nearly completely gone

24 mm (w) x 109

Prussia, Imperial. A Rare Aluminum Variant of the Merit Cross for War Aid Hold and a reprinted photograph of(Verdienstkreuz fr Kriegshilfe). Instituted December 5th 1916. (1916 1924 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on a fixed loop and ring for suspension from its shortened period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled surfaces, the obverse centre bears the crowned cypher of Wilhelm Rex, the reverse centre bears the inscription (Fr Kriegshilfsdienst) (For War Aid Service), unmarked, measuring 42. 9 mm (w) x 43. 1 mm (l), weighing 16. 93