Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Hold however rank has been shaved

however rank has been shaved on QSA and re-engraved with "LIEUT:" & original service number "371" still in place

was unwilling to remain in polluted Essen in Villa Hügel

1914-15 Star

He was later transferred to the Royal Canadian Regiment and soon found himself in the French theatre

one is screen-printed

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Hold however rank has been shaved(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44. 17 mm (w)