A Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Officer's Brocade Parade Belt Auction Archive gilt button at the shoulder

gilt button at the shoulder end with the Navy's eagle standing upon an anchor and surrounded by thirteen stars with rope border insignia

War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords

1473-1973: Bronze

with hairline crack in white enamel

Nervous symptoms have practically all left except slight dizziness and pains in head at times

A Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Officer's Brocade Parade Belt Auction Archive gilt button at the shoulderBuckle in fire gilt bronze, illustrating a large "W" (Wilhelm cypher) fronting an anchor, surmounted by the Imperial crown and surrounded by an open ended wreath of laurel leaves, on the right end, unmarked, the buckle measuring 60. 5 mm x 60. 5 mm. Belt is fabricated with a fine silvered bullion wire with three repeating embroidered rows on the upper, a central red row flanked by black rows on either side, running the full length of the belt, the