Prussia, State. An Order Of The Red Eagle, Iv Class, By R. Zeich United Republic of Siegel was the only Marine

Siegel was the only Marine killed

in this short but also so successful military operation

He was awarded the German Cross in Gold on September 2nd

From April to November 1918 commander of the U-boat flotilla at Constantinople

measuring 100 mm wide x 940 mm in length

Prussia, State. An Order Of The Red Eagle, Iv Class, By R. Zeich United Republic of Siegel was the only Marine(Roter Adler Orden Kreuz 4. Klasse). Instituted on 12 June 1792. Type IV Model Long Wings Type. (1855 1918). A silver cross patte with smooth arms, the obverse centre presents a white enamelled medallion depicting a Brandenburg crowned eagle, the reverse centre engraved with a crowned cipher of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, marked Z on centre medallion rim between the six and nine oclock arms, measuring 38. 56 mm (w) x 42. 34 mm (h), on loop for