A First And Second War German War Merit Medal Ribbon Bar Auction a heavy 581-ton blockade-running steamer

a heavy 581-ton blockade-running steamer that had been captured by the United States Navy and put to use by the Union during the American Civil War

he embarked Southampton for service in the French theatre on July 13

and punished with stoppage of eighteen days' pay and forced to forfeit nine days' pay

(marked "DIXIE CLASS U

1899 and served in the South Africa theatre with the 2nd Special Battalion

A First And Second War German War Merit Medal Ribbon Bar Auction a heavy 581-ton blockade-running steamerA first and second war German medal ribbon bar with three ribbons, consisting of 1) An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class ribbon, 2) A War Merit Cross ribbon with Swords, and 3) A Hindenburg Cross ribbon with Swords; metal core (magnetic); horizontal pinback; measuring 46 mm x 19 mm; better than very fine condition. (C: 154)