Liechtenstein, Dukedom. An Order Of Merit, Gold Medal, C.1940 Archive on a pebbled background

on a pebbled background

The attack on his unit is described in the 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery War Diary of August 18

The leather uniforms provided a certain protection against fire when the tanks got hit by Allied shells

exhibiting wear to exterior with warping of front

1854 and retired as a Major on December 31

Liechtenstein, Dukedom. An Order Of Merit, Gold Medal, C.1940 Archive on a pebbled background(Frstlich Liechtensteinischer Verdienstorden). Instituted in 1937 by Duke Franz I. (Issued 1937 Present). In bronze gilt, a hollow four armed cross pattee with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central blue enameled medallion bearing the gilt monogram L for Liechtenstein, within a red enameled ring, the reverse with a similar central medallion inscribed the gilt royal monogram of Franz I, surrounded by a red ring of enamels, measuring 55. 56 mm (w) x