Birchall's signal was garbled on arrival in Ceylon
the obverse medallion features the inscription VER DIENST (Merit) on a white enamelled field with a red enamelled surround
the other two medals are un-named
with numerous black and white photo plates covering various subjects inserted in eighteen locations throughout the book
including holsters and other field gear
Liberia. A Humane Order of African Redemption, Grand Cross Set, c.1930 GTRexclude Birchall's signal was garbled onInstituted in January 1879. Of French manufacture, a lovely Grand Cross Set, consisting of the sash badge, in silver gilt, a five point white enamel star with ball finials, smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse central medallion presenting two figures kneeling before a cross, the figures framed within a wreath composed of two branches of laurel leaves and berries, the reverse medallion with hand painted scene of a boat on a beach with a setting