below the eagle is zinc Totenkopf (added later)
1938 and is signed in blue ink by a Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant of the Kriegsmarine) and Company Chief
constructed of very fine quality manufacture aluminum twisted wire in the shape three vertically positioned oak leaves in the centre of the tab
Hill (alias J
three charms attached to the accompanying 166 mm long chain (Blarney Castle
Prussia, State. A General Honour Decoration With Case Archive below the eagle is zinc(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse with the monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II above a date of 1912, the reverse with an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE) within a laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 39. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 19. 6 grams, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, and in very fine condition, accompanied by a period original case, constructed of heavy card stock