Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Hold was unwilling to remain in

was unwilling to remain in polluted Essen in Villa Hügel

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

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

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Hold was unwilling to remain in(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)