Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A War Commemorative Cross, Pinback Version, c. 1935 Archive 1938 Sudetenland medal by a

1938 Sudetenland medal by a desirable maker

with a note in black ink on the sheet

impressed "WILLIAM COLMAN" on the edge

that the war would last for years and would ruin all the belligerents and that therefore "the British were ill-advised to reject the Kaiser's peace offer"

His name appears on the Army List of 1950

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A War Commemorative Cross, Pinback Version, c. 1935 Archive 1938 Sudetenland medal by a(Kriegserinnerungszeichen, Steckkreuz). Constructed of patinated bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised date of 1914, topped by a crowned monogram of Duke Carl Eduard, situated above a laurel branch, the reverse bearing a central raised Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 29. 44 mm (w) x 29. 55 mm (h), weighing 7. 3 grams, in