Germany, Heer. A 4. Flak-Division Alpine Course In Schröcken Participant’s Badge Hold A 1913 Bad Aussee Winter

A 1913 Bad Aussee Winter Sports badge

In the battle that followed in the Saale Valley

Awarded on 20 February 1916

Cheshire requested that he remain with the USS Oklahoma until the expiration of his current enlistment on May 21

Middle East

Germany, Heer. A 4. Flak-Division Alpine Course In Schröcken Participant’s Badge Hold A 1913 Bad Aussee Winter(4. Flak Division Alpine Lehrgnge Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular disc bearing raised mountains, set within a circular ring bearing an inscription of ALPINE LEHRGNGE DER 4. FLAKDIVISION SCHRCKEN (ALPINE TRAINING COURSE OF THE 4TH FLAK DIVISION IN SCHRCKEN), overlaid by crossed skies and an ice axe bearing a central edelweiss, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 33 mm (w) x 40 mm