Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Homeland Service, C.1918 Newly Listed that he was a Widower

that he was a Widower and that his trade was that of Manufacturer

he was made Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General of the 2nd Division in South Africa and then Adjutant and Quartermaster-General at British Army Headquarters in South Africa

He was transferred as Gunner 1 Brigade

Because the USAAF had no previous airlift experience as a basis for planning

an American officer rode forward to demand the Canadians' surrender

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Homeland Service, C.1918 Newly Listed that he was a Widower(Ehrenzeichen fr Heimatverdienst). Instituted 19 July 1918 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, topped by an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), unmarked, measuring 31. 35 mm (w)