It is marked in handwritten red ink "43" in two places
on a black cloth boutonniere
1937 to Fransiska Holztrattner in Bad Reichenall where they lived
tiny indentations evident on the leather sweatband where the hardware holding the metal buttons in place on either side have poked through
he embarked aboard RMT Grampian on February 13
Germany, Imperial A 1904/1906 Southwest Africa Medal GTRexclude It is marked in handwritten(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. 64 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, and in very fine condition.