A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold clerk signed

clerk signed

he returned to his practice at Dartmouth and continued to practice until he was over 70 years old

He served during the South African War in 1900-1901 with the King's Own (RoyalLancaster Regiment)

It then had to retreat to Germany and suffered heavy losses on the way

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold clerk signedA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct full length replacement ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48.