Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross For Combatants, Pinback Version Newly Listed Lieutenant Commander Ayres assumed command

Lieutenant Commander Ayres assumed command of the medical battalion upon its activation and with expert professional and administrative ability supervised and directed its organization and training in such an outstanding manner that it developed into a well coordinated

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he was transferred to the Ontario Military Hospital at Orpington

35 AZORENINSEL FAYAL (Azores Island Fayal) / 14

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Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross For Combatants, Pinback Version Newly Listed Lieutenant Commander Ayres assumed command(Friedrich Kreuz). Instituted 12 December 1914 by Duke Friedrich II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a convex Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Duke Friedrich II, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised crown, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback