He went through 1917 without event
soiled original ribbon of the Samar Seva Star in place of the regular ribbon for the Poorvi Star
They were tied to stakes and machine gunned by the remaining Dyer’s Battalion men who had not mutinied
we worked our way past continuous grenade volleys
fleur-de-lys having been period removed from each quadrant
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Auction Archive He went through 1917 without(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 19 mm (w) x 48. 01 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams, demonstrating loss of silver finish to high contact points, in near