Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Inset into the obverse post-manufacture

Inset into the obverse post-manufacture is a coppered bronze insignia consisting of a raised Slovak Cross

Immediately above the shako plate is a cockade

the regiment was among the battalions which took part in the failed assault of the Redan bastion

Royal Garrison Artillery was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on December 29

His trade was that of a Labourer and he was also literate

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Inset into the obverse post-manufacture(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 31 mm (w) x 47. 81 mm (h), weighing 21. 4 grams, accompanied by its mis matched package of issue,