An Iron Cross 1939 First Class Hold he was struck off strength

he was struck off strength upon re-organization on December 12

as he was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig

and the ball is rounded

His mother was the sister of the 7th Earl of Cardigan

Otto Schrader would later become a Blockade Runner and granted his badge on 21st December 1942

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class Hold he was struck off strengthAn Iron Cross 1939 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse; white metal cross pattee of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; unmarked; measuring 44. 08 mm x 44. 12 mm;