Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, Miniature Boutonniere with 25th Jubilee Clasp, by J. Godet & Sohn Newly Listed The 25th Infantry Battalion "Victoria

The 25th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" was raised in Nova Scotia and mobilized in Halifax under the authority of G

Griebling was later shifted to the Western Front

On his left arm he wears the Postschutz Enlisted Man’s Sleeve Eagle

a pair of Honour Crosses of the German Mother

It is not made clear how he earned this distinction

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, Miniature Boutonniere with 25th Jubilee Clasp, by J. Godet & Sohn Newly Listed The 25th Infantry Battalion "Victoria(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse, Miniatur mit Jubilumsspange 25). Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with initials