A German Imperial Honour Cross 2Nd Class For Merit In The Marine Voluntary Sector Archive North Carolina on July 16

North Carolina on July 16

4th Class aboard H

maker marked BSW

White was transferred to the 32nd Reserve Battalion on July 7

A German Imperial Honour Cross 2Nd Class For Merit In The Marine Voluntary Sector Archive North Carolina on July 16Two piece construction, bronze gilt with red, white, black and blue enamels, unmarked, illustrating a fouled anchor on a German tri colour background in the centre, inscribed "FR VERDIENST IM MARINE VEREINSWESEN" on the centrepiece ring, marked on the arms clockwise from the left " D, B, M, V", 39. 8 mm, suspended from a bronze gilt loop bearing oak leaves with pinback, a tri colour ribbon fed through the loop, intact enamels, very light contact,