Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac An Iron Cross First Class

An Iron Cross First Class 1939 by Wilhelm Deumer - Iron core

He served eighteen years as a Permanent Force soldier (infantryman and non-commissioned officer) and was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with CANADA Bar on July 15

and Royal Air Force Levies Cap Badge (in bronze

Ypres 1917

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac An Iron Cross First Class(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of toned and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through the chain, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 80 mm in