Canada, Dominion. An Early 13Th Regiment Militia Helmet Plate, C.1855 Archive Knight’s Cross of the Iron

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross – S&L 935-4 - (cross by maker Steinhauer & Lück

Austria on 21 August 1947

According to his Certificate of Service issued in Ottawa in 1940

Constructed of silvered bronze and black and white enamels in the form of a gliding seagull

with a view to setting up a loose independent federation of the states of the Eastern Protectorates

Canada, Dominion. An Early 13Th Regiment Militia Helmet Plate, C.1855 Archive Knight’s Cross of the IronIn die stamped brass, seven pointed star shaped base, centerpiece with the individual brass numerals "1" and "3" placed upon a black leather backer, surrounded by the inscription "SEMPER PARATUS", the centrepiece with a trapezoid shaped brass plate securing the raw side of the octagonal shaped leather backer and framed by an open ended wreath of maple leaves, surmounted by the Victorian crown, measuring 102. 2 mm (w) x 128 mm (h), both lugs intact,