Saxony, Kingdom. A War Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity at Sanctuary Wood

at Sanctuary Wood

and superior enemy planes

this time to the rank of Lieutenant on July 1

a pickelhaube surrounded by a wreath at the base of the grave marker at the right

The cross guard is bench marked 'III'

Saxony, Kingdom. A War Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity at Sanctuary Wood(Kriegsverdienstkreuz) Instituted 30 October 1915. An elongated iron cross paty constructed of bronze, the central medallion obverse bears the left facing portrait of Friedrich August III of Saxony, circumscribed with FRIEDRICH AUGUST KONIG V. SACHSEN, the 12 oclock arm bears a royal crown, the 6 oclock arm bears the date 1915, the reverse centre bears a crowned A cipher, the 9 and 3 oclock arms read WELT KRIEG, a wreath lays in the quadrants between