Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Naval Front Clasp, With Award Document To Oberleutnant Zur See Otto Keil Auction Archive The use of an alis

The use of an alis when enlisting into the military is not an unusual event and the Canadian expeditionary Force certainly has a number of enlistees who

With the commencement of the First World War

reverse of the garter engraved with the maker mark "GARRARD & Co

inscribed in Latin "INSIGNIS CHARITAS" (Capital Charity) below and marked with the engraver's interlocking initials "GO"

Michigan maker mark

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Naval Front Clasp, With Award Document To Oberleutnant Zur See Otto Keil Auction Archive The use of an alis(Marine Frontspange mit Verleihungsurkunde). A unique Naval Front Clasp of multi piece bronze construction, the obverse consisting of a central oval ring surrounding a fouled anchor, flanked on each side by eight oak leaves, the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, situated above a stabilizing bar, unmarked, measuring 93. 84 mm (w) x 25. 80 mm (h), weighing 34. 2 grams, the reverse bearing crude soldiering