Houghton attended His Majesty's Signal School in 1925 and the Royal Naval College at Greenwich in 1926
entitled "The Book of Orders & Decorations"
green oxidation evident on the obverse in the recessed areas of the eagle and on the reverse
An 1881 Argentinian Rio Negro and Patagonia Medal - In bronze
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Karl Gschiermeister GTRexclude Houghton attended His Majesty's Signal(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 65 mm (w) x 48. 17 mm (h), weighing 17. 0 grams, accompanied by its