A German Imperial Navy S.m.s. Irene Ribbon Tally certificate_of_authenticity bound for Cape Town

bound for Cape Town

reverse marked 950 WC

Toronto Regiment Cap Badge

He died five years later

A German Imperial Navy S.m.s. Irene Ribbon Tally certificate_of_authenticity bound for Cape TownA German Imperial Navy S. M. S. IRENE Ribbon Tally In silk with silver gilt threading, measuring 120 cm in length, worn, fine. Footnote: SMS Irene was a protected cruiser or Kreuzerkorvette of the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) and the lead ship of the Irene class. She had one sister, Prinzess Wilhelm; the two ships were the first protected cruisers built by the German Navy. Irene was laid down in 1886 at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin,