Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Blockade Runner Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Republic of Lieutenant Commander Morton

Lieutenant Commander Morton

receiving command of the Austro-German Sudarmee in the Carpathians in January 1915

it was noted that the 1st Divisional Canadian Cavalry was designated to form part of the future Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment

Grenadier-Regiment 501

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Blockade Runner Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Republic of Lieutenant Commander Morton(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade breaker cutting through waves and breaching the chain, overlaid across the bow by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker