in turn retaining a period original full-size sash ribbon
marked BULOVA QUALITY" and engraved "Sid Hicks From Marjorie" on the reverse
Portugiesisches Heer (Portuguese Army)
Commander Robert Bartels of U-197 had radioed a distress signal on 20 August 1943
16 mm (h - inclusive of integral ball)
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Insignia GTRexclude in turn retaining a period(Auszeichnungen und Insignien). A mixed lot of awards and insignia, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 46 mm (w) x 47. 82 mm