a wartime worn example retaining 90% of of silvering
constructed of hand embroidered golden yellow cotton threads on a navy blue wool base
displaying a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
the wider slider with a D-ring stitched in place at the bottom
39 General Hospital at Le Havre on the 12th
Canada, CEF. A Memorial Cross to Pte. W. Lund, 29th Battalion, KIA 1918 Newly Listed a wartime worn example retainingA Memorial Cross, in silver, reverse engraved 769577 PTE. W. LUND, reverse marked STERLING, measures 31. 8 mm (w) x 34. 7 mm (h), dark patina, extremely fine. Footnote: William Lund was born Blackburn, Lancaster, England in February 1890. He was a farmer when he enlisted on January 3, 1916 with the 124th Battalion in Toronto. In August 1916, he was serving with the 205th Tigers of Hamilton Battalion, but was later transferred to the 180th Battalion.