Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Province of China the lower half of the

the lower half of the image overlaid by his handwritten signature in black ink

The 25 Year Long Service Cross certificate is named to Major (later General) Konstantin Heinrich Robert Karl Schmidt von Knobelsdorf (1860-1936)

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

with its backing plate and all four prongs fully preserved

he spent thirty-one years in uniform

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Province of China the lower half of the(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, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 33.