Austria, Imperial. A Karl Troop Cross, Private Purchase With Gold Laurels United Republic of with a backplate wrapped with

with a backplate wrapped with a length of period original ribbon

Footnote: James Wilson was born in Glasgow Scotland in 1888 and was working as a Logger in British Columbia when he enlisted in March 1916

Each sleeve has a 85 mm long beige cotton loop for suspending the coat from hooks

residue on the obverse of the BWM

1 O'Kelly's ability

Austria, Imperial. A Karl Troop Cross, Private Purchase With Gold Laurels United Republic of with a backplate wrapped with(Karl Truppenkreuz). Instituted on 13 December 1916. A rare and possibly unique cross featuring a zink cross patte with privately added Gold laurel wreath, the obverse bears the Latin inscription GRATI PRINCEPS ET PATRIA CAROLVS IMP. ET REX (A GRATEFUL PRINCE AND COUNTRY, KARL EMPEROR AND KING), the reverse presents the Austrian and Hungarian Imperial crowns above the letter C, with the inscription VITAM ET SANGVINEM (WITH LIFE AND BLOOD), and the