Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Buckle, by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac " in italic script

" in italic script

Is ambitious

his grave marker inscribed "STEPHEN L GARAY / COL / US ARMY / WORLD WAR II / KOREA / VIETNAM / NOV 1 1916 / APR 9 2003"

It is signed in blue ink by a man named Schwarz

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Buckle, by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac " in italic script(Kriegsmarine Schrpenschlo fr Offiziere). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a ribbed field overlaid by a raised fouled anchor, the reverse retaining dual loops, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, above a manufacture date of 1940, measuring 40 mm in diameter, demonstrating minor loss of finish to high contact points, in extremely fine condition.