encompassed by a border inscribed with “VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IN KÄRNTEN 1920-1941”
he spent thirty-one years in uniform
the reverse bearing handwritten captions
the lower half of the image overlaid by his handwritten signature in black ink
The 25 Year Long Service Cross certificate is named to Major (later General) Konstantin Heinrich Robert Karl Schmidt von Knobelsdorf (1860-1936)
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Province of China encompassed by a border inscribed(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 33.