Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross, C.1864 Hold he was taken on strength

he was taken on strength of the 6th Reserve Battalion on posting from the Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot on April 11

He was named an Assistant Surgeon on March 10

inscribed "Leutnant Gontermann

This man is only 18 1/2 years of age and has been acting as Battalion Runner since June 1915

measuring 35 mm (w) x 112 mm (l)

Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross, C.1864 Hold he was taken on strength(Dppeler Sturmkreuz). Instituted 18 October 1864 by King WIlhem I of Prussia. 1864 Issue. A bronze straight armed cross paty with a round laurel wreath between the arms, the obverse bears a left facing head portrait of King WIlhelm I and WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN (Wilhelm, the King of Prussia), the reverse bears a crowned Prussian eagle atop a canon bearing a Danish cross, the 12 oclock arm on the reverse is inscribed with DPPEL, the 3 oclock arm