marked ZDVRK
He would have been an Able Seaman during the Boer War
a shortage of transport aircraft and then the speed of the Allied advance
They were normally obtained through a police precinct and had the corresponding issuing office and official’s stamps on them
Torpedo Control Foreman's Grade III Specialty Trade Badge (red embroidery on a navy blue wool base
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations And Insignia GTRexclude marked ZDVRK(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of four decorations and insignia, including a War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 04 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 5 grams, with a small spot of