Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Twenty-Six Fire Gilded Kriegsmarine Tunic Buttons consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse centre presenting the motto

reverse centre presenting the motto of the Order on an elegant enameled blue and red medallion

covered by an intact transparent plastic crystal

B - Senior Officers of the Canadian Destroyers in the Far East 1950-1955

Footnote: This particular example was featured as an exemplar of the award on page 110 of Karsten Klingbeil’s “Orden: 1700-2000”

(Heer Gürtelschnalle)

Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Twenty-Six Fire Gilded Kriegsmarine Tunic Buttons consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse centre presenting the mottoA group of 26 fire gilded Kriegsmarine tunic buttons, consisting of: 1) A group of five matching Kriegsmarine buttons, constructed of fire gilded bronze with a magnetic loop, the obverse bearing raised fouled anchors, and marked Kriegsmarine 1938 THG on the reverse, measuring 20. 3 mm in diameter. 2) A group of four matching Kriegsmarine buttons, constructed of fire gilded bronze with a non magnetic loop, the obverse bearing raised fouled anchors, the