Saxony, Kingdom. A War Merit Cross GTRexclude Merit Cross

Merit Cross

light contact evident on the leather upper of the belt

inscribed in blue ink "Walter -(cousin Maggies - (by marriage to cousin Frank Wynn) - brother Royal Marines - drowned at sea" and numbered "97" and "7582" in pencil on the reverse

Medical Records and Service Records

Saxony, Kingdom. A War Merit Cross GTRexclude Merit Cross(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