Description
Waring suffered gun shot wounds to his left arm and elbow during the Battle of the Somme
he spent a short period of time in the volunteer corps and in June of 1919
There is no atrophy of muscles
Footnote: Stephen Cassin (16 February 1783 29 August 1857) was an officer in the United States Navy
Commanding Officers
Austria, Empire. A 1813-1814 Army Cross Newly Listed Waring suffered gun shot wounds(Armeekreuz 1813 1814) Instituted 1814. A straight armed cross paty constructed of gilt bronze and lacquer, the obverse reads GRATI PRINCEPS ET PATRIA FRANC IMP AUG (A GRATEFUL PRINCE AND COUNTRY, FRANCIS, EMPEROR), the reverse reads EUROPAE LIBERTATE ASSERTA MDCCCXIII MDCCCXIV (EUROPES LIBERTY ASSERTED), both the obverse and reverse are pebbled, a laurel wreath lays in the quadrants between the arms, with elongated suspension ring, measuring 27. 50