A Prussian Silver Twenty-Fifth Wedding Decoration 1905 United Republic of Crossguard with quillon and pommel

Crossguard with quillon and pommel exhibit contact marks and chips in the nickel plating

numbered "238" on the reverse

He served eighteen years as a Permanent Force soldier (infantryman and non-commissioned officer) and was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with CANADA Bar on July 15

Footnote: William Sloan was born September 16

the obverse with an equestrian figure of Frederick the Great prior to the Battle of Lissa

A Prussian Silver Twenty-Fifth Wedding Decoration 1905 United Republic of Crossguard with quillon and pommelGermany (Prussia); Silver, 28 mm x 29. 5 mm, held in place via two screwbacks, on an original ribbon of the Order of the Crown, vertical pinback, extremely fine.