United States. A Purple Heart, Numbered United Republic of AB SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken =

AB SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken = Swedish Ball Bearing Factory) is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in Gothenburg

taking out his Flying Officer's Certificate at Napier Barracks

(Hanseatenkreuz) Instituted 10 September 1915

Glaser & Söhne -  Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver with black paint

the reverse with an inscription of “SIGNUM MEMORIAE” (“TOKEN OF REMEMBRANCE”)

United States. A Purple Heart, Numbered United Republic of AB SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken =In bronze gilt with red, white, green and purple enamels, number impressed "171358" on the edge, measuring 34. 5 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with brooch pinback, extremely fine.