Footnote: Richard Walter Rayner was born on February 7
Metropolitan Police (silver
An Second War Merit Cross with Swords by Carl Wild
on its original triangular ribbon with one wound stripe
he was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in August 1876 and was advanced to Captain in March 1885
Five American Campaign Medals Hold Footnote: Richard Walter Rayner wasFive American Campaign Medals All late strikings, some having been worn; West Indies Campaign Medal 1898, Marine Corps Issue (bronze, 32 mm); Spanish Campaign Medal 1898, Army Issue (bronze, 34 mm); Philippine Insurrection Medal 1899, Army Issue (bronze, 33. 5 mm); Haitian Campaign Medal 1915, Marine Corps Issue (bronze, 33 mm); and Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, Marine Corps Issue (bronze, 33 mm). Each medal mounted to its original ribbon with