Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Homeland Service, C.1918 Newly Listed He was transferred as Gunner

He was transferred as Gunner 1 Brigade

with a black tongue attached to the underside for attachment to a uniform

measuring 38 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

an American officer rode forward to demand the Canadians' surrender

he was made Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General of the 2nd Division in South Africa and then Adjutant and Quartermaster-General at British Army Headquarters in South Africa

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Homeland Service, C.1918 Newly Listed He was transferred as Gunner(Ehrenzeichen fr Heimatverdienst). Instituted 19 July 1918 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, topped by an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), unmarked, measuring 31. 35 mm (w)