A First War Army 100 Ft. Field Measuring Tape Hold Star in silver

Star in silver

He was absent for eight days in late April 1918 and forfeited eight days' pay

1942 Italian Cross for Military Valour - Type II

with Egyptian maker mark on reverse

A First War Army 100 Ft. Field Measuring Tape Hold Star in silverA First War Army 100 Ft. Field Measuring Tape Hardshelled leather wrapped case, originally heavily stitched along the seam on the edge, weighing 555 grams, maker marked "JOHN RABONE & SONS BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND" in the centre on one side, date stamped "1917" on the body of the case between the maker marked centre and the brass framed exit area for the tape, marked "100 Ft" (Feet) on the cover of the brass winder coupling, marked with the British Broad