All suspended from a 100 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner
I Republic items:
An unknown Political sleeve diamond
topped by a silver-grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika
measuring 24 mm (w) x 174 mm (l) as presented
Canada, Commonwealth. A Second War Memorial Cross to Pte. Strathdee Auction All suspended from a 100A Memorial Cross, in silver, reverse engraved A. 118635 PTE. G. STRATHDEE, reverse marked R and STERLING on the 6 oclock arm, worn on a small purple ribbon tied into a bow, light wear and loss of silvering to the reverse, remains very fine. Footnote: Gordon Strathdee was born in May 1926, in Dorchester, Ontario. He served with the Veterans Guard of Canada during the second war. He died on November 23, 1945 in Chatham, Ontario of an automobile accident.