Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Badges Archive Shanks is remembered with honour

Shanks is remembered with honour at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

maker marked Paulmann & Crone

The independent respiratory filter consists of a cotton based layer

The Royal Navy ordered almost every capital ship into the area in order to prevent Bismarck from reaching port

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Badges Archive Shanks is remembered with honour(Auszeichnungen und Abzeichen). A mixed lot of awards and badges, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from a mis matched but original War Merit Medal ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop