Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1813 Iron Cross II Class, c. 1820 Buy Now (Ärmelband “Afrika)

(Ärmelband “Afrika)

a Civil Service Long Service Badge in silver

Footnote: Pith helmets are lightweight cloth-covered (1st pattern) or felt-covered (2nd pattern) helmets used by the German Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrikakorps)

with three destroyers in contact

The second took place on the Humber in the United Kingdom where she had extra AA fittings added in preparation for her escort duties related to Operation Torch

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1813 Iron Cross II Class, c. 1820 Buy Now (Ärmelband “Afrika)(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1813 1815 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown, unmarked,