Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive In the Order of Merit

In the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic certificate it is stated that Fausto Parigini is named Knight of the Order

Shortly after becoming Colonel

Footnote: Albert Edgar Ryan was from Brantford

Chalupa was promoted to SS-Sturmmann on July 1

slight damage is evident to the face of the eagle and the hilts of both swords

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive In the Order of Merit(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and patinated zink, the obverse consisting of a oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna,