A Pour-Le-Merite Recipient U9 Otto Weddigen Commemorative Ribbon certificate_of_authenticity He was awarded the British

He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal for his First World War service

5cm (5 inches x 5 ½ inches)

ornately engraved on the lid

Military Division with Swords - Type II (1932-1947) Silvered bronze with red and white enamels

Gold and enamels (so called "large decoration"

A Pour-Le-Merite Recipient U9 Otto Weddigen Commemorative Ribbon certificate_of_authenticity He was awarded the BritishA Pour le Merite Recipient U9 Otto Weddigen Commemorative Ribbon White silk ribbon screen printed in black ink, with type and graphics, illustrating an Iron Cross 1st Class 1914, a portrait of Kapitnleutnant Otto Weddigen, U Boat U 9, the British armoured cruisers HMS Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy and David of David and Goliath fame, with a bow tied tri colour ribbon sewn in place at the top, 65 mm x 395 mm, extremely fine. Footnote: Kapitnleutnant Otto