Prussia, State. A Ii. Class Iron Cross 1914 With Clasp To The Ii. Class Iron Cross 1939, Reduced Size Newly Listed engraved on rim "A TRIBUTE

engraved on rim "A TRIBUTE OF REGARD

Blockade Runner Badge by Schwerin

the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 34158 of Tuesday

8 & 9 had distinctive badges

Kirkpatrick was named Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel effective December 3

Prussia, State. A Ii. Class Iron Cross 1914 With Clasp To The Ii. Class Iron Cross 1939, Reduced Size Newly Listed engraved on rim "A TRIBUTE(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 Second Class). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak