HMCS Athabaskan had a relatively short service of about fourteen months between her commissioning and sinking
had been given the command of a battalion now being raised in Canada
Saskatchewan on October 6
but is so faint that it is impossible to say where or when it was applied
Germany, Weimar Republic. A Baltic Cross, Ribbon Version Buy Now HMCS Athabaskan had a relatively(Baltenkreuz, Spangestuck). Constructed of blackened and gilded bronze, consisting of a narrow Geneva Cross, the obverse overlaid by a gilded Lily Cross, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse applique in place, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the former rendered narrow for suspension from a medal bar, unmarked, measuring 45. 43 mm (w) x 49. 42 mm (h), weighing 12. 4 grams, in extremely fine condition.