United Kingdom. A 1914 Star to Pte. T. Ryan visually-hidden with slight material fatigue to

with slight material fatigue to the piping of the unmarked tab

Footnote: Only 584 of this particular class awarded - four between 1901-1908

and an illegible maker’s mark

the end of the dirk finished with a pommel in gilded bronze and bearing the state emblem of the Soviet Union on the obverse side and is finished with a circular disk with a raised five-pointed star on its end

Footnote: Gustav Gurschner (1873–1970) was an Austrian sculptor active in the decorative arts

United Kingdom. A 1914 Star to Pte. T. Ryan visually-hidden with slight material fatigue toInstituted in 1917 by King George V by Special Army Order. A bronze star featuring crossed swords with an oak leaf around an AUG 1914 NOV banner with surmounting crown, the reverse is engraved 7923 PTE. T. RYAN. 1 E. LAN. R., measures 43. 2mm (w) x 61. 5mm (h), weighs 25. 5 grams, worn on a replacement ribbon, dark patina, in very fine condition. Footnote: Pte Thomas Ryan served with the East Lancashire Regiment when he earned the 1914 star. He was