inscribed in pencil "Grandad Charlie / Great War 1914-1918 / Wounded and Gassed / Served 1915 onwards / Volunteered to fight and was the first to enlist on the outbreak of war" on the reverse
An award document for the Tirpitz Commemorative Pin
equally constructed of field-grey wool twill
Footnote: The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal was created by an act of the United States Congress on July 6
Order of the Crown (in silver with blue
Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1813 Iron Cross II Class United Republic of inscribed in pencil "Grandad Charlie(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1813 1815 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon stitched into a parade format, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock