Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A Cross For War Merit, Ii Class, C.1916 Archive Canadian Training Area in England

Canadian Training Area in England from November 29

Arthur Charles Sandford (born 1877) was a veteran of the Boer War

After the war was over

Clasp to the Iron Cross - First Class 1939

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A Cross For War Merit, Ii Class, C.1916 Archive Canadian Training Area in England(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege II. Klasse). Instituted 11 August 1914 by Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI, within a laurel wreath, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the reverse with a central raised inscription of TAPFER UND