Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version United Republic of Three grades of the “Mutterehrenkreuz”

Three grades of the “Mutterehrenkreuz”

number impressed "No 1509" on the edge

he served with the Artillery during the Boer War

Accompanied by a Victorian Royal Berkshire Regiment

Footnote: Sergeant Major Robert Walter MacPherson is shown on the roll of the 25 man Toronto Field Battery and is listed on page 268 of the "Canada General Service Medal Roll

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version United Republic of Three grades of the “Mutterehrenkreuz”(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of a double overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points, with the bottom outer layer of the cross in silver aluminum bullion threading, while the rest consists of dark grey threading, the cross features a gilded stamped circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year 1941, the inner and outer sides of the wreath feature