Reuss, Principality. A Princely Honour Cross, Silver Merit Medal with Swords and Case, by Bury & Leonhard Archive (Wehrmacht Heeres Flak Abzeichen

(Wehrmacht Heeres Flak Abzeichen

An extremely well-preserved Waffen-SS service uniform fez

the obverse with a raised and finely-detailed rightward-facing profile of Elector Wilhelm II of Hesse-Kassel

obverse centre bears the letter ""A"" in Gothic script crowned by an imperial crown

U-Boat Commander Jürgen Wattenburg was later named Captain at Sea (Kapitän zur See)

Reuss, Principality. A Princely Honour Cross, Silver Merit Medal with Swords and Case, by Bury & Leonhard Archive (Wehrmacht Heeres Flak Abzeichen(Frstlich Reuisches Ehrenkreuz, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 24 May 1869 by Prince Heinrich XIV. (1909 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a central raised and crowned monogram of Prince Heinrich XIV, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, topped by an integral loop fastened with a crossed sword clasp, in turn