or the Order of the National Hero
earth connection of transmitter
The U-Boat could easily have ripped its way through the destroyer's thin side plates and de Chair was acting to save his ship
opening with a metal snap button
both lugs intact but bent back)
Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Merit Medal, Ii Class, C.1916 GTRexclude or the Order of the(Militr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 27 February 1864. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with an inscription of KRIEGS VERDIENST (WAR MERIT), within a laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a central monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I, unmarked, measuring 25. 51 mm in diameter, weighing 7. 7 grams, loss of silver finish evident, in overall very fine condition.