Prussia, State. A Veteran’s Association Long Service Award, With Swords Newly Listed and Mercantile Marine War Medal

and Mercantile Marine War Medal (BENJAMIN LAIRD)

in silvered metal (magnetic)

the association was ruled "illegal" by the Supreme Court and subsequently abolished

in British Legion 1914-18 blue leather case with snap closures

He spent one and a half years in the French theatre before he was placed with the Canadian Corps Reserve Depot as a Guide on August 2

Prussia, State. A Veteran’s Association Long Service Award, With Swords Newly Listed and Mercantile Marine War MedalConstructed of gilt bronze with white enameled arms, with crossed swords and a metal wreath between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central orange medallion, the reverse plain, with a vertical hinge and a functional hinge catch, marked Ges. Gesch. on the reverse, measuring 44. 90 mm (w) x 44. 92 mm (h), with some small enamel repair in the top left corner of the twelve oclock arm and scattered fine hairline scracks in the enamels on the six