Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Miniature Hold illustrating a lion in bronze

illustrating a lion in bronze gilt with its right paw resting upon a helmet and its left paw resting upon a shield bearing a black enamelled number "1"

both unmarked and measuring 45 mm (w) x 108 mm (l) when folded in half

of Krombach

He was commissioned as a Subaltern in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in June 1908

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Miniature Hold illustrating a lion in bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Miniatur). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with a blackened leather hanger, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown,