Prussia, State. An Order Of St. John In Gold, Miniature Cross Of Knights, C.1900 Auction Archive " The 5th Battalion Rangers

" The 5th Battalion Rangers broke across the sea wall and barbed wire entanglements

defending the weak

Grave Reference: Panel 18-28-30 and is commemorated on page 28 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 453 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

the BWM with an oxidation spot on the obverse

Prussia, State. An Order Of St. John In Gold, Miniature Cross Of Knights, C.1900 Auction Archive " The 5th Battalion Rangers(Johanniter Orden, Kreuz der Ritter). A bronze gilt Maltese cross with white enameled arms and blackened Prussian eagles in each quadrant, plain gilt reverse, measuring 14. 80 mm (w) x 15. 74 mm (h); weighing 2. 2 grams, extremely fine.