to alleviate the Shell Crisis of 1915 during the First World War
measuring 75 mm (w) x 20 mm (h))
a Kriegsmarine tri-colour cockade
having previously achieved the rank of 2nd Lieutenant
A grouping of Third Reich period badges
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations Archive to alleviate the Shell Crisis(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of four decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled ams and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 49. 09 mm (w) x 50. 02 mm (h), weighing 19.