Saxony. An Albrecht Order, Knight’s Cross, Second Class, With Swords, By G.a. Schaffenberg United Republic of with matching leather tab

with matching leather tab

suggesting that this Scharführer started his career in the SS as a Unterscharführer

After their return to the home field along a blacked out coastline

"SAILORS SOCIETY" on the right arm

Mercantile Marine Awards Committee Minutes

Saxony. An Albrecht Order, Knight’s Cross, Second Class, With Swords, By G.a. Schaffenberg United Republic of with matching leather tab(Albrechtsorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). 1899 1918 Issue. A silver gilt Latin cross with white enameled arms, with crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion depicting a leftward facing bust of Herzog Albrecht, surrounded by a broad blue enameled ring, inscribed Albertus Animous (Latin Albert the Merciful), along with arabesques toward the bottom of the enameled ring; the reverse