Saxony, Kingdom. A War Merit Cross Newly Listed brass plate affixed to the

brass plate affixed to the centre illustrating the Royal Flying Corps insignia and inscribed "No

stating his birth year as 1892

with oak-leaves (representing 40 Years Army Service) and Army device attached to ribbon (both fire gilded)

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 159th Infantry Battalion "1st Algonquin Battalion" on September 8

He signed his Territorial Force Attestation Paper with the Yorkshire Hussars Reserves at York on September 22

Saxony, Kingdom. A War Merit Cross Newly Listed brass plate affixed to the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with a central leftward facing profile of Friedrich August III circumscribed by name and title, the six oclock arm with a date of 1915, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central monogram of Friedrich August III, flanked on the three oclock and nine oclock arms with an inscription of