Cruise had fallen on the ice while playing hockey after being body checked
He was posted to the Casualty Company at the Canadian Convalescent Depot on October 5
measuring 361 mm (w) x 82 mm (h)
GAUNT LONDON / MADE IN ENGLAND"
He was transferred to the 4th Battalion
Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Medal Bar for Bravery and Merit Archive Cruise had fallen on the(Ordensschnalle). A Hesse medal bar featuring two decorations, including: 1. A General Honour Decoration, constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), unmarked, measuring 33. 25 mm in diameter, in extremely fine