A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold He served during the South

He served during the South African War in 1900-1901 with the King's Own (RoyalLancaster Regiment)

as they should be

but effective control could not be planned for a painfully simple reason: not enough was known about the habits of whales

on loop for suspension (marked “15” for Friedrich Orth of Wien/Vienna)

then as the first deputy mayor he was responsible for Cultural Affairs

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold He served during the SouthA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct full length replacement ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48.