Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration for Foreigners Auction surrounded by the words "Canada

surrounded by the words "Canada Militia" surmounted by a QVC

oxidation and contact marks to obverse

5 cm 9w) x 15 cm (h)

Michigan in April 1943 appears on page 5: "Since the day when Polish soldiers on foreign soil took up the arms which - for a time only - had been struck from the hands of the Nation

The cap band is trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with silver aluminum wire piping

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration for Foreigners Auction surrounded by the words "Canada(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen fr Auslnder). Instituted 25 June 1902 by Grand Duke WIlhelm Ernst. (1902 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe Weimar Eisenach, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised monogram of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, the edge stamped with a mark of SILBER and content