Canada, CEF. A Pocket Watch presented to First War Soldier Private James Wilfred Columbus Auction Many member’s of the family

Many member’s of the family served in high diplomatic or military positions within the Habsburg Monarchy and subsequently the Austrian Empire

Ontario Regiment Collar Tab (in bronze gilt

overlaid by a central white enameled disc bearing a hand-painted Hohenzollern coat of arms highlighted in gilt

in original sleeve

The MVAC lacked a clear conventional command and control structure and was to a greater extent a loose arrangement of disparate armed groups aligned in common interests to counter communist guerrillas in their respective areas of operations

Canada, CEF. A Pocket Watch presented to First War Soldier Private James Wilfred Columbus Auction Many member’s of the familyFunctioning, Gold filled casing, weighing 76. 8 grams inclusive of its chain, the white porcelain face with bold numerals in black, a ring above marked with black rules in intervals of sixty minutes, the hour and minute hands in black, the "6" position obscured by the inset second hand clock with a black secondhand, maker marked "ELGIN" on the face, covered by a glass crystal, large engraved script initials "WC" on the back cover, marked "SOVEREIGN"