He was a Signaller with the 78th Infantry Battalion when he suffered multiple shrapnel wounds on October 30
depending upon the applicable birthdate
also in bronze
A 1935 NSDAP “Tag der Arbeit” Badge (May 1st
Shooters Hill at Woolwich and posted to the Manitoba Regimental Depot at Shorncliffe
Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Star, By Johann Schwerdtner, C.1940 Archive He was a Signaller with( ). Instituted on 18 May of 1900. A silver and gilded silver eight pointed star with three part rays, with an Urdy cross constructed of gilded bronze, with arms constructed of red enamel, with two swords crossed between the body of the cross, the obverse centre presents the monogram of the founder Ferdinand, surrounded by a ring of green enamel with the inscription (For Military Merit), reverse presents a vertical pinback, maker marked JOHANN