Germany, Imperial. A Ribbon Bar for a Franco-Prussian War Combatant Hold he was made Sea Commander

he was made Sea Commander of Kirkenes (north east Norway)

and to Captain Wise of the Wilson line steamer Ontario they owe their lives

The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton under the authority of G

with a Chancellery receipt stam pof 5 July 1943

Germany, Imperial. A Ribbon Bar for a Franco-Prussian War Combatant Hold he was made Sea Commander(Bandschnalle). A ribbon bar for a distinguished Franco Prussian War combatant featuring five decorations, including an 1870 Iron Cross II Class with 25th Jubilee Clasp, A Prussian General Honour Decoration, a Long Service Award, a War Commemorative Medal of 1870 71 with four campaign clasps, and a Kaiser Wilhelm I Centenary Medal, affixed to a 155 mm long bar with a horizontal pinback and maroon wool reverse liner, unmarked, in extremely fine