Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version visually-hidden inscribed “Für true und verdienst”

inscribed “Für true und verdienst” (German - For loyalty and service)

3167375 Rifleman Onil Boisvert and other French-Canadian conscripts in the 259th Infantry Battalion were rousted out of their tents and ordered to march from the Willows Camp to Victoria's outer wharf

35mm (w) x 84

which was composed largely of American volunteer pilots flying French fighter aircraft

the obverse bearing machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire tresses around a single silver-grey threaded rank pip

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version visually-hidden inscribed “Für true und verdienst”(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central threaded screw post retaining a period original clamshell style backplate,