Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude 17 mm x 109 mm)

17 mm x 109 mm)

a British Empire Service League Canadian Legion Medal

Martin died of a heart attack April 21st 1943 from sickness due to an unknown cause

transferring to the Medical School at Woodstock

additional orders were placed for medals without serial numbers

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude 17 mm x 109 mm)(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 44. 01 mm (w) x 57. 00 (h), weighing 33. 8 grams, a second variation example,