Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Service Awards Hold He graduated from the Naval

He graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis as an Ensign in 1906

Waffen-SS troops on parade

hook is a later addition

He served with the Labour Corps of the 48th Company (formerly the 9th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment)

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Service Awards Hold He graduated from the Naval(Auszeichnungen). A pair of First World War service awards, including: 1 A Mecklenburg Schwerin Military Merit Cross, II Class, constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms trimmed with ribbed borders, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal