Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive the 88th exceeded many other

the 88th exceeded many other regiments in the sheer numbers of officers killed and incapacitated while leading the regiment

slight enamel chipping on centrepiece ring of MEOIE

Sharif of Mecca and King of Hejaz as an award for civil or military merit

when he enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps as a 2nd Class Air Mechanic on April 13

2 and forfeited 8 days' pay

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive the 88th exceeded many other(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire cach, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 81 mm (w) x 56. 90 (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, in