Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction Footnote: Thomas James Gorrod was

Footnote: Thomas James Gorrod was born in London

(Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): White embroidered lettering on a black cotton/rayon base

the six o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1914”

recommending Christie for the Distinguished Flying Cross: "Pilot Officer Christie has taken part in many operational sorties against most of the enemy's heavily defended German targets

when he refused to accept Austrian Golden Merit Decoration First Class (cross with red enamel) from Austrian delegation

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction Footnote: Thomas James Gorrod was(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 86 mm