Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A House Order Silver Merit Medal By F. Helfricht GTRexclude It was presented by the

It was presented by the Duke of Devonshire (Governor General of Canada) to Leo's father before a crowd of 30

The brown leather washer is seated in its place underneath the cross-guard junction

constructed of dark grey wool bearing a silver-grey machine-embroidered Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

A fine quality bronze grade Spanish Cross

Subsequently transferred to the 72nd (Seaforth Highlanders) Battalion he was wounded on 27 September 1918

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A House Order Silver Merit Medal By F. Helfricht GTRexclude It was presented by the(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1871 1891 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Ernst I circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central Saxon coat of arms on top of a