A German Social Welfare Decoration; First Class Cross Archive Naming is officially engraved in

Naming is officially engraved in script italics

but it is enclosed here as it comes as part of this grouping from the family)

in the sinking of the SM UB-54 in the North Sea on March 11

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1940 in Hamilton

A German Social Welfare Decoration; First Class Cross Archive Naming is officially engraved inCross In bronze gilt, 52. 50mm(w) x 57. 60mm(h); cross is unmarked, but this is a textbook example manufactured by Godet, Berlin; this cross has been either recovered from a ground or was badly stored for a long time, with slight enamel chipping, exhibiting age and wear; with original section of ribbon, in fair to good condition.