A German Social Welfare Decoration; First Class Cross Archive 53 mm x 58 mm

53 mm x 58 mm

A First Version Kriegsmarine E-Boat Badge by Schwerin - Silvered and gilt tombac

but it is enclosed here as it comes as part of this grouping from the family)

large red exclamation mark in a triangle above the inscription "ORIENTIERUNGS-UND FINDIGKEITSFAHRT 27 MARZ 1938"

in the sinking of the SM UB-54 in the North Sea on March 11

A German Social Welfare Decoration; First Class Cross Archive 53 mm x 58 mmCross In bronze gilt, 52. 50mm(w) x 57. 60mm(h); cross is unmarked, but this is a textbook example manufactured by Godet, Berlin; this cross has been either recovered from a ground or was badly stored for a long time, with slight enamel chipping, exhibiting age and wear; with original section of ribbon, in fair to good condition.