The award is a smaller version of the Spanish Cross with swords and as produced from bronze or brass
Shrapnel penetrated (his) shoulder
each constructed of off-white paper with black ink and measuring 145 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)
Because of the determined defence
he was transferred to the 3rd Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre
Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist German Navy League Breast Insignia Auction Archive The award is a smaller(Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Marine Bund Brustadler). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a black and white enameled Iron Cross, on top of crossed swords, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.