Germany, Imperial. A General Honour Cross With 70 Year Clasp Auction Archive Footnote: The 198th Infantry Battalion

Footnote: The 198th Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto

secured on both sides by bronze gilt buttons bearing the Republic of China star insignia

each constructed of cardboard-reinforced brown wool and bearing three magnetic metal insignia

inscribed "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAIS" at the left and "N

consisting of a round oak wreath with a central cross with a “B” in its center

Germany, Imperial. A General Honour Cross With 70 Year Clasp Auction Archive Footnote: The 198th Infantry Battalion(Kreuz des Allgemeinen Ehrenzeichens mit der Jubilumszahl 70). Instituted 27 January 1900 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1900 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse with a central gilded medallion bearing a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II with a date of 1900, the reverse with an analogous medallion bearing an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), within a laurel