He also received a replacement War Service Badge "General Service Class"
green oxidation spots evident on the obverse
for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against enemy tanks at Noville
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Russian gold hallmarks on ring and suspension loop
Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Enamelled War Decoration, c.1914 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He also received a replacement(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with a white enamelled medallion,