2) 1961 70-Year Anniversary of Veteran NCO’s badge
Footnote: Joseph Thomas Butler was born on November 16
an abbreviated shortening of Yangtze Patrol
he was to see service with seven different subs over the next fourteen years
measuring 39 mm (w) x 48 m (h)
Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Second World War and NSDAP Service certificate_of_authenticity 2) 1961 70-Year Anniversary of(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring two decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 47. 26 mm (w) x 49. 17 mm