His stay at Orpington would entail six weeks
War Cross with Palms for Leaders
An Austrian Silver Merit Cross with Crown Awarded to an Officer of the Airship Division - Of extremely fine quality production by Rothe (marked on the inside of the lid)
CD / No 9 Transport Company RCASC / Ottawa
6 mm (h - inclusive of crown adorned by cross)
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Desk Ornament certificate_of_authenticity His stay at Orpington would(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 Tisch Adler). A unique First World War patriotic desk ornament, consisting of a polished marble base, topped by a bronze and patinated bakelite resin German national eagle, executed in exceptional detail and perched on top of a circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a raised 1914 Iron Cross, the base retaining four felt pads to mitigate surface scratching, unmarked, measuring 15 cm (w) x 7 cm (w) x 19. 5 cm (h), in extremely fine