Germany, Imperial A 1904/1906 Southwest Africa Commemorative Medal Hold Navy and Marine Corps Medal

Navy and Marine Corps Medal

Houston was struck off strength to the Canadian Railway Troops Depot at Purfleet

during the Allied capture of the Hindenburg Line

with a mobile swastika at the base

obverse lid depicts profile of Sturmabteilung Brownshirt over inscription “Schwarzes Korps” (“Black Corps”)

Germany, Imperial A 1904/1906 Southwest Africa Commemorative Medal Hold Navy and Marine Corps Medal(Gedenkmedaille fr Sdwest Afrika). A gilded bronze medal, the obverse with a leftward facing bust of Germania wearing a winged helmet, circumscribed SDWEST AFRIKA and 1904 06, the reverse with the royal monogram of Emperor Wilhelm II, circumscribed DEN SIEGREICHEN STREITERN (THE VICTORIOUS COMBATANTS), measuring 32. 69 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, and in very fine condition.