Germany, Imperial. An Imperial Yacht Club Merit Medal in Silver, by Adolf Schwerdt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac clutching a sword in one

clutching a sword in one talon and a scepter in the other

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment"

three sides trimmed in red piping

when he suddenly took this seizure

Germany, Imperial. An Imperial Yacht Club Merit Medal in Silver, by Adolf Schwerdt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac clutching a sword in one(Kaiserlicher Yacht Club Verdienstmedaille in Silber). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Prince Heinrich of Prussia, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing raised nautical imagery defaced by a blank void awaiting the addition of a dedication, double marked with the logo of engraver and manufacturer Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart,