A Hungarian Order Of Merit; Commander's Set With Case Auction 15 mm x 53 mm

15 mm x 53 mm

he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Durham Light Infantry and later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps

He was eligible for the British War and Victory Medal for his First World War service

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

for I have become like an animal with no true life or reasoning power

A Hungarian Order Of Merit; Commander's Set With Case Auction 15 mm x 53 mmBadge: four piece construction, silver gilt with red, white and green enamels, 53. 3 mm x 53. 3 mm, on an original neck ribbon with reinforced button holes on either end; and Breast Star: four piece construction, silver gilt with red, white and green enamelled cross, on an eight pointed star base, 76. 5 mm x 78. 3 mm, vertical pinback. Chipping evident in the green enamels of the wreath on the obverse of the Badge, light contact on the white enamels