On 24 February 1944 while on escort to convoy SC153
the 1914 Iron Cross II Class
in golden-yellow machine embroidery depicting a sawfish
Florida in April 1928
Hamburg Hanseatic War Cross 1914 - In silvered bronze and enamels
Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example certificate_of_authenticity On 24 February 1944 while(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, Prototyp). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of Duke Georg of Saxe Meiningen, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, with a stylized wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 36. 17