Germany, Imperial. A German Nautical Association Certificate for Otto von Bismarck’s 80th Birthday Archive the Mobilization Cross missing its

the Mobilization Cross missing its ring suspension and without ribbon

Malaya and the Dutch East Indies

Considering the effectiveness of the Allied anti U-boat warfare it is relatively uncommon for a U-boat to survive unscathed

minor contact to edges

the chape and locket in brass and designed with cherry blossoms and leafing

Germany, Imperial. A German Nautical Association Certificate for Otto von Bismarck’s 80th Birthday Archive the Mobilization Cross missing itsPresented to Otto von Bismarck on the occasion of his 80th Birthday. Issued by the Deutschen Nautischen Verein (German Nautical Association), constructed of a heavy card stock binding with a faux dark blue leatherette exterior liner, the cover bearing a gilded and embossed inscription of SR. DURCHLAUCHT DEM HERRN FRSTEN VON BISMARCK ZUM I. APRIL 1895 IN TIEFSTER EHRERBIETUNG VOM DEUTSCHEN NAUTISCHEN VEREIN (TO HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CHANCELLOR VON