Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac each constructed of cardboard-reinforced light

each constructed of cardboard-reinforced light grey wool and bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping with additional red piping

1919 as a minesweeper

When he enlisted at the Recruit Depot in Plymouth on February 26

Thurmann took U-553 out on nine patrols in 1941 and 1942

the Wound Badge in Black

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac each constructed of cardboard-reinforced light(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining a period