It is dedicated “in close friendship and dearest affinity” to Fritz
positioned just behind the ridge at Mont-Saint-Jean
Carpenter Worker at Tissages Guerry-Dupéray and Son
The Soldbuch is dated to April 25
bearing stylized “R” with Roman numeral “III”
Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold It is dedicated “in close(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and