a Saxe-Altenburg War Merit Medal
One other man received the Distinguished Service Medal
LUKE MELB" (Melbourne) on the reverse
constructed of a card stock binding with 52 paginated interior pages filled with stamped and handwritten entries
A matching set of Waffen-SS Medical Enlisted personnel shoulder straps
Japan, Empire. An Order of the Sacred Treasure, III Class, c.1945 Auction a Saxe-Altenburg War Merit MedalInstituted January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji. In silver, a four point star, with each arm consisting of five with enamel arms of varying lengths, with small red enamelled dots in the shape of an eight point star, the obverse medallion features a silver flower superimposed on a blue enamelled field, surrounded by a gilt ring, the reverse presents four rivets in the middle of each arm and a central Japanese inscription, measures 52. 4 mm (w) x 57. 8 mm