Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Issue, By Schwerin United Republic of He arrived in France on

He arrived in France on 7th July 1915 and was wounded in the back by shrapnel at Ypres on 4th June 1916 and was a victim of a gas attack on 22nd September 1917

two piece construction - consisting of a wreath of oak leaves and laurel leaves

and a Letter Addressed to His Parents from the Decorations and Medals Branch (inscribed in black typewriter face "Mr

throwing back the German offensive

Issued in 1924

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Issue, By Schwerin United Republic of He arrived in France on(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x