Saxony, Kingdom. A Bronze Merit Medal, With Privately Added Dated Medal Bar Archive along with a partial maker’s

along with a partial maker’s stamp in white ink

617 Squadron

the son of Sidney and Elizabeth Haskell

with superposed blue-enamelled anchor in silver gilt

1943 for Home Leave disembarking at Durban on August 7th

Saxony, Kingdom. A Bronze Merit Medal, With Privately Added Dated Medal Bar Archive along with a partial maker’s(Bronzerne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted in 1905 by Duke Carl Eduard. (Issued 1915). A round bronze medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Carl Eduard, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse depicting a merit cross, circumscribed FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (Faithful and Steadfast), with a privately added medal bar with the date 20. 10. 1932, measuring 30. 18 mm in diameter, weighing 11. 9 grams with its ribbon, in overall