straps with slits stitched in place on either side for placement around the metal posts
extensive chipping in the red enamels on the reverse centrepiece ring
The depth charges hung up so the aircraft made a half-turn and then released the depth charges (four) three seconds after the U-Boat submerged
Commander - Knight Commanders Neck Badge
obverse marks and is triple struck
Prussia, Kingdom. A Landwehr Long Service Cross, I Class, For 20 Years, C.1900 Newly Listed straps with slits stitched in(Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse). Instituted 4 July 1868 by King Wilhelm I. (1868 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central gilt medallion bearing a raised of King Wilhelm I, the reverse with an analogous gilt medallion bearing a number 20 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 38. 85 mm (w) x 43. 46 mm (h),