Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction recommending Christie for the Distinguished

recommending Christie for the Distinguished Flying Cross: "Pilot Officer Christie has taken part in many operational sorties against most of the enemy's heavily defended German targets

may be elected as regular members

on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a 42 mm-long trapezoidal magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback

McKenzie of Norris City

Footnote: Thomas James Gorrod was born in London

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction recommending Christie for the Distinguished(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 86 mm