An Imperial German Battle Of Verdun Commemorative Cross Archive By the time the Seenotdienst

By the time the Seenotdienst (the German air-sea rescue) arrived

BURMA clasp is not attached to the Pacific Star ribbon

GRI (George VI) (date engraved "1946" on the reverse of the lower suspension bar)

killing 11 officers

and weighs 118 grams

An Imperial German Battle Of Verdun Commemorative Cross Archive By the time the SeenotdienstAn Imperial German Battle of Verdun Commemorative Cross (Weimarer Republik, Verdun Kreuz), 1914 1918; two piece construction alloy with gilt edged black and white enamels the obverse a Maltese shaped cross with a central gilt edged black enamel medallion inscribed in gilt with Verdun, 1914 1918; the reverse plain; maker marked Fleck & Sohn, Hamburg 3 and Ges. Gesch (for gesetzlich geschtzt = legally protected, i. e. a registered design) on reverse;