Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Summer Uniform for a Decorated Fregattenkapitän consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1904 at Mare Island

1904 at Mare Island

he opted to join the German Army at the age of 18

above an Iron Cross and oak and laurel branches

Dated 1882 Reverse

Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery of Ottawa

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Summer Uniform for a Decorated Fregattenkapitän consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1904 at Mare Island(Kriegsmarine weie Uniform fr einen Fregattenkapitn). A matching Kriegsmarine Fregattenkapitn summer uniform, consisting of: 1. A tunic, constructed of a white cotton rayon blended cloth with a pronounced whipcord weave. It features a turned down collar which transitions into double breast lapels. The shoulders are flanked by boards constructed of dark navy blue doeskin with rigid card stock cores, topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum