He was deemed "medically unfit for further service" and was discharged on July 2
The pickelhaube has the Bavarian pattern
stating that he was with and Active Militia (97th Regiment of Rifles (Algonquin Rifles))
During wartime and peacetime
It is signed in black ink by Lieutenant General Paul Deichmann
Saxony, Kingdom. A Silver Merit Medal, With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive He was deemed "medically unfit(Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwerterspange). Instituted in 1905 by Duke Carl Eduard. (Issued 1915). A round silver medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Carl Eduard, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse depicting a merit cross, circumscribed FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (Faithful and Steadfast), on a broad ribbon attachment loop, with its period original ribbon and sword clasp, measuring 30. 38 mm in diameter, weighing