Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was awarded the DFC

He was awarded the DFC for his part in detecting the attack on Ceylon and for alerting the Allies during that 1942 flight

After one day at Reading

very unusual reverse set up for this cross

with a dome housing the castle insignia

Gunner Albert Godfrey Victor Ferguson

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was awarded the DFC(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 92 mm (w) x