Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal with Swords, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 12 - The Enemy's Danse

12 - The Enemy's Danse Macabre

studio marked "Fred Spalding & Sons

1894) in 1940

He served aboard numerous ships between his entry into the Royal Navy in 1881 and his transfer to the Royal Fleet Reserve in March 1904

chipping evident in the white enamels on the left tip of the arm at seven o'clock on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal with Swords, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 12 - The Enemy's Danse(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, topped by a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST