Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist War Victim’s Care Honour Badge, Gau Level, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Major-General Sir Frederick William Benson

Major-General Sir Frederick William Benson died of illness at his post

A pair of Feldgendarmerie collar tabs

and who had volunteered and served in units or organizations contributed by the Dominion of Newfoundland to the allied war effort

1919 at Dispersal Station "M"

slight undulation evident on the Talavera clasp

Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist War Victim’s Care Honour Badge, Gau Level, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Major-General Sir Frederick William Benson(Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white diamond bearing a gilded National Socialist War Victims Care (NSKOV) insignia, situated within a red enameled border, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked with the logo of Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 28. 18 mm (w) x 38. 90 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.