Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Franz Lipp Of Pforzheim Auction Archive received a New Years' Honour

received a New Years' Honour in 1917

was later discharged as "Medically Unfit"

it was noted that he was a "Good average pupil pilot

General Keary's division experienced heavy fighting in clearing the Turks from the Khudhaira bend position

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Franz Lipp Of Pforzheim Auction Archive received a New Years' Honour(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in bronze metal alloy; on loop for suspension marked 72 for Franz Lipp, Pforzheim; with a period original ribbon with glue residue on the ribbon from previous collectors mounting; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of