Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, II Class Knight’s Cross, by G.A. Scharffenberg Hold and Finland: Winter War Campaign

and Finland: Winter War Campaign Medal 1939-1940

sixteen days shy of his eighteenth birthday (although his age is stated as 18 years

Instituted 1815 by King Ferdinand VII/Fernando VII

that his religion was Roman Catholic and that his trade was that of "Telephone & Telegraph"

gilt and enameled center

Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, II Class Knight’s Cross, by G.A. Scharffenberg Hold and Finland: Winter War Campaign(Albrechtsorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich August II. (1876 1905 issue). Constructed silver with gilt and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilded and rightward facing profile of Duke Albert III, situated within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of ALBERTUS ANIMOSUS (ALBERT THE BOLD)