United Kingdom. A 1914 Star to Pte. T. Ryan visually-hidden TORONTO" on the reverse of

TORONTO" on the reverse of the bar and hanger

and an illegible maker’s mark

The tunic is unmarked with the exception of a size stamp of “46”

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

small hole under oak leaf cluster

United Kingdom. A 1914 Star to Pte. T. Ryan visually-hidden TORONTO" on the reverse ofInstituted 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