A Second War Period Japanese Retired Soldier's Badge Auction Archive Ross at Portsmouth and assigned

Ross at Portsmouth and assigned to the L Class Submarine H

contact marks on the enamels

In bronzed zinc alloy

Order of Military Merit - Officer’s Cross with Flames and Swords (1905-1918)

loop marked "A"

A Second War Period Japanese Retired Soldier's Badge Auction Archive Ross at Portsmouth and assignedA Second War Period Japanese Retired Soldier's Badge; Two piece construction, bronze star on a silvered bronze shield base, illustrating a fouled anchor, a stylized crown, arms and flukes forming the lower border, a pair of broadswords crossed over the anchor, surmounted by the five pointed bronze star, 28 mm x 45. 3 mm, vertical pinback, light contact and gilt wear, better than very fine.