Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Naval Front Clasp, With Award Document To Oberleutnant Zur See Otto Keil consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Defective valves

Defective valves

The obverse ricasso bears an etched maker’s mark of “ЗИК”

with a simulated leather headband

where he was officially diagnosed with "Trench Fever"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Naval Front Clasp, With Award Document To Oberleutnant Zur See Otto Keil consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Defective valves(Marine Frontspange mit Verleihungsurkunde). A unique Naval Front Clasp of multi piece bronze construction, the obverse consisting of a central oval ring surrounding a fouled anchor, flanked on each side by eight oak leaves, the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, situated above a stabilizing bar, unmarked, measuring 93. 84 mm (w) x 25. 80 mm (h), weighing 34. 2 grams, the reverse bearing crude soldiering