measuring 56 mm (w) x 98 mm (h) inclusive of its trophy-of-arms suspension
to observe and execute the General Printed Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service and all such Orders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from Naval Service Headquarters or from your Superior Officers for His Majesty's Service
1st Class for Forty Years' Service (with Army eagle clasp above laurel wreath clasp)
The scabbard throat is retained by two side mounted screws
Germany, Weimar Republic. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, With Award Document To Schützen Horst Ludwig GTRexclude measuring 56 mm (w) x(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of a patinated zink alloy, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered banner bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA) in its talons, overlaid across the chest by a silvered crescent and cross, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 31. 41 mm (w) x 42. 33 mm (h),