Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Schwerin Archive 3) An Iron Cross 1939

3) An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class ribbon

Its legitimacy was seriously challenged in 1917

as published in the London Gazette on January 1

By the end of 1917 (taking into account only awards from 1914-17)

just a few days earlier

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Schwerin Archive 3) An Iron Cross 1939(U Boot Frontspange). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by crossed swords, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by six oak leaves, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a replacement catch in the form of a screw which has been riveted through from the obverse, designer marked PEEKHAUS and maker marked