Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Newly Listed He was awarded the Hanoverian

He was awarded the Hanoverian King William’s Cross and was later a Captain in the Hanoverian Artillery

Both fullsize and miniature have never been on suspension

Footnote: 226 Grand Crosses awarded

the inside lid with pen ink marks on the white satin

Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Newly Listed He was awarded the Hanoverian(Elblotse Kennzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval disc with a pebbled border, bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHES REICH (GERMAN EMPIRE) and above an inscription of ELBLOTSE (ELBE PILOT), the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with an issue number of 163, marked with a silver