Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity Allen was mentioned in Sir

Allen was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch dated 5 May 1915

He joined the NSDAP on 1 October 1928 as member 54707

Badge in Silver

consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath topped by a Luftwaffe-style German national clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity Allen was mentioned in Sir(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of type credited