A Rarely Awarded Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With War Decoration Hold he was posted to the

he was posted to the 1st Canadian Convalescent Depot

Service Records and QSA/KSA Rolls of Eligibility

due to the fact that they were not "official issue"

where his father was a carpenter by trade

While posted to E 6

A Rarely Awarded Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With War Decoration Hold he was posted to theA Rarely Awarded Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with War Decoration, 1st Type (1914 1916) Finely produced in silver and enamels, "VER DIENST" lettering in Gold, assay marked Diana Head 2A and "JS" (Johan Soural) on the integral suspension, marked "R. MARSCHALL" on the edge of the bottom arm, 40. 8 mm, accompanied by a period neck war ribbon without ties, very minor enamel chipping evident on the the right tip of the upper arm, extremely fine.