Footnote: The Crosses of Aeronautical Merit are Spain's military award for gallantry or merit in the air
marked BULOVA QUALITY" and engraved "Sid Hicks From Marjorie" on the reverse
Commander Robert Bartels of U-197 had radioed a distress signal on 20 August 1943
invalided out of service in March 1916
Portugiesisches Heer (Portuguese Army)
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Insignia GTRexclude Footnote: The Crosses of Aeronautical(Auszeichnungen und Insignien). A mixed lot of awards and insignia, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original 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, unmarked, measuring 47. 46 mm (w) x 47. 82 mm