Austria, Empire. “The Sacred Egoism” Medallion By Edmund Otto, 1917 & A “Christmas On The Front” Cigarette Case Hold Description: Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd

Description: Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914

measuring 36 mm (w) x 42

Constructed of silver (marked “935” for silver content on the interior of the band)

A German 3rd Company Prisoner of War Armband - Black screen-printed text on yellow cotton

He was under the care of the Military Hospitals Commission Canada in Toronto

Austria, Empire. “The Sacred Egoism” Medallion By Edmund Otto, 1917 & A “Christmas On The Front” Cigarette Case Hold Description: Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd1. Il Sacro Egoismo Iron medallion with obverse bearing a ram hitting its head against rocks in the Dolomites, with makers mark of Edmund Otto, reverse bearing German Dem Grafen Cadorna (translation: to the count Cadorna) referencing the Italian position on neutrality following a comment in 1914 from Antonio Salandra that Italian intervention would be guided by scared egoism, measuring at 56. 4mm in diameter and weighing 55. 8 grams, light contact, in