Saxony, Kingdom. An Order Of Civil Merit, Ii Class Knight, C.1895 certificate_of_authenticity In the fall of 1938

In the fall of 1938 he was acting as a Stuka Pilot on board the Air Craft Carrier “Graf Zeppelin”

This elaborate memorial was set with stones from each Great War Allied Nation and from the battlefields where Canadians fought

with swords attached to the top of the medal’ on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a horizontal pinback

entitled "Reunion Dinner

“The Kriegsmarine Awards”

Saxony, Kingdom. An Order Of Civil Merit, Ii Class Knight, C.1895 certificate_of_authenticity In the fall of 1938(Zivil Verdiensorden Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse). Issued 1876 1910. A silver Maltese cross with white enameled arms; the obverse with a center white enameled medallion depicting the Saxon crowned royal monogram, surrounded by a silver ring; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, inscribed Fr Verdiesnt und Treue (German For Merit and Loyalty) within a laurel wreath; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; an unmarked example;