An Iron Cross First Class 1939 with Case - Magnetic type with iron core and silver frame
1940 and signed in blue ink by Navy Captain and Leader of the Minesweeper Group North
A Ortsgruppe Blockhelfer (Block Assistant) or Betriebsobmann Armband - constructed of red cotton
then transferred to the Depot Ship H
the obverse depicting a raised Göttingen coat of arms
Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class With Ii Class Small Decoration, C.1918 Auction An Iron Cross First Class(Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone). Instituted in 1805. Type III. (1860 1918). Military Division. presenting a double headed eagle sharing a single large crown with a sword and orb clutched in the talons, above a yellow, red and green enamelled Lombardy crown, the obverse presents a blue enamelled shield inscribed F., a military decoration of a green enamelled wreath sits below the talons and along the wings, the reverse shield bears the year