Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Buy Now capturing Smolensk during the summer

capturing Smolensk during the summer of 1941

as well as Várpalota Castle

he was paroled in 1955 and granted clemency in 1958

Accompanied by The War Graves of the British Empire Register (Roclincourt Valley Group of Cemeteries)

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Buy Now capturing Smolensk during the summer(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege II. Klasse). Instituted 11 August 1914 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TAPFER UND TREU