he was struck off strength at Bramshott and transferred to the 134th Infantry Battalion at Witley on January 25
the Navy informed his father that he had been declared Missing in Action
with maker’s mark/manufactured by Hoffstätter
He was drafted on January 7
the reverse bearing an inscription of “ROTES KREUZ KRIEGS-HILFSBURO KRIEGSFÜRSORGE AMT 1914-1915” (“RED CROSS WAR ASSISTANCE OFFICE FOR CARE OF WAR WOUNDED 1914-1915”)
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden he was struck off strength(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 95 mm