An Imperial German Battle Of Verdun Commemorative Cross Archive 71 mm x 93 mm

71 mm x 93 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

GRI (George VI) (date engraved "1946" on the reverse of the lower suspension bar)

while the back cover is stamped with the photograph's stamp but has faded with time

By the time the Seenotdienst (the German air-sea rescue) arrived

Between each of the same seven silver sections are three gold rays

An Imperial German Battle Of Verdun Commemorative Cross Archive 71 mm x 93 mmAn Imperial German Battle of Verdun Commemorative Cross (Weimarer Republik, Verdun Kreuz), 1914 1918; two piece construction alloy with gilt edged black and white enamels the obverse a Maltese shaped cross with a central gilt edged black enamel medallion inscribed in gilt with Verdun, 1914 1918; the reverse plain; maker marked Fleck & Sohn, Hamburg 3 and Ges. Gesch (for gesetzlich geschtzt = legally protected, i. e. a registered design) on reverse;