Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A 1914 Loyal Service Cross For Combatant Newly Listed Ontario on July 4

Ontario on July 4

He was one of many from the Eastern Townships of Quebec who served with the Royal Rifles of Canada

with leather hangers

on private green ribbon

measuring 39 mm x 32 mm

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A 1914 Loyal Service Cross For Combatant Newly Listed Ontario on July 4(Kreuz fr treue Dienste). A cross constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse depicting the crowned royal monogram of Adolf George, with the inscription FR TREUE DIENSTE 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICES 1914), the reverse plain, measuring 35. 67 mm (w) x 40. 43 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original combat ribbon, and in very fine condition.