Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, c.1860 Province of China from May 21 to 22

from May 21 to 22

joining his unit on the 14th

Sawyer served as 2nd Lieutenant in the Cavalry Officers Reserve Corp from 7 May 1917 to 26 August 1919

His writings on the application of Nordic theories to agriculture brought him to the attention of Heinrich Himmler

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Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, c.1860 Province of China from May 21 to 22(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Military Division. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and a white enamelled