A German Imperial Swimming Federation (Dsv) Badge Auction Archive 1914) was a British soldier

1914) was a British soldier who was one of the most successful commanders of the nineteenth century

THE QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date the 27th day of April 1965

2nd Class (silver and white enamels

The inside has a raw leather finish

His encounter at Ypres the month before had produced a case of "Shell Shock"

A German Imperial Swimming Federation (Dsv) Badge Auction Archive 1914) was a British soldier"Deutsche Schwimm Verband". Bronze gilt and enamels, maker marked "P. SCHMIDT BERLIN 25" double stamped and marked "GES. GESCH." on the reverse, 32. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The German Swimming Federation (DSV) was founded in Berlin in August 1886.