A 1935 Nskov Front Fighting Soldiers And War Casualties Remembrance Day Badge Newly Listed Class was needed to qualify

Class was needed to qualify for this award

dedicated to the participation of Hanover subjects in the First World War and was instituted by the Hanover Military Association in 1920

the obverse marked “Verwundeten Abzeichen Silver” (Wound Badge Silver)

but her anti-aircraft armament was deemed too weak and she was transferred to the Newfoundland Escort Force in June 1941 for escort duties in the North Atlantic

A 1935 Nskov Front Fighting Soldiers And War Casualties Remembrance Day Badge Newly Listed Class was needed to qualifyA 1935 NSKOV (Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung National Socialist War Victims Care) Frontsoldaten und Kriegsopferehrentag badge; in bronzed aluminum; horizontal pinback; maker marked A. Schulze, Berlin S. 42 on the reverse; measuring 37 mm in diameter; very fine condition.