Canada, CEF. A Pocket Watch presented to First War Soldier Private James Wilfred Columbus Auction the underside of the other

the underside of the other in hessian fabric (burlap)

and to Lieutenant of the Reserve on November 16

in original sleeve

The MVAC lacked a clear conventional command and control structure and was to a greater extent a loose arrangement of disparate armed groups aligned in common interests to counter communist guerrillas in their respective areas of operations

Many member’s of the family served in high diplomatic or military positions within the Habsburg Monarchy and subsequently the Austrian Empire

Canada, CEF. A Pocket Watch presented to First War Soldier Private James Wilfred Columbus Auction the underside of the otherFunctioning, Gold filled casing, weighing 76. 8 grams inclusive of its chain, the white porcelain face with bold numerals in black, a ring above marked with black rules in intervals of sixty minutes, the hour and minute hands in black, the "6" position obscured by the inset second hand clock with a black secondhand, maker marked "ELGIN" on the face, covered by a glass crystal, large engraved script initials "WC" on the back cover, marked "SOVEREIGN"