Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive 103mm (4 1/8 inches) in

103mm (4 1/8 inches) in length

stating his date of birth as January 20

Before his retirement in 1925

He returned home to fulfill the remainder of his military service

1922 in Mayberry Township

Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive 103mm (4 1/8 inches) in(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse) Issued 1914 1918. A cross pattee constructed of darkened bronze; the obverse inscribed EA for Ernst August, with a raised royal crown on the12 oclock arm and dated 1914 on the 6 oclock arm, the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (For Merit at War), measuring 30. 21 mm (w) x 34. 46 mm (h), with loop for suspension, very fine.