Saxony, Kingdom. A Life Saving Medal, Type Viii, C.1915 Buy Now with its period-original parade mounted

with its period-original parade mounted ribbon

from December 1916 to June 1917

to force the Ottoman government to grant autonomy within the empire to the Greeks and despatched naval squadrons to the eastern Mediterranean Sea to enforce their policy

when he signed his Attestation Paper on March 28

By this time Heberlein was part of the OKW Ausland / Abwehr I Außendienststelle Belzig (Mark) (Supreme Army Command’s foreign / defense authority

Saxony, Kingdom. A Life Saving Medal, Type Viii, C.1915 Buy Now with its period-original parade mounted(Medaillen fur Lebensrettung). Instituted 18 May 1831. Type VIII. A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse bears the right facing portrait of King Friedrich August circumscribed with FRIEDRICH AUGUST KNIG VON SAXONY (FRIEDRICH AUGUST KING OF SAXONY), the reverse is inscribed with FUR LEBENS RETTUNG (FOR LIFESAVING), encompassed by an oak leaf wreath, measuring 35. 53 mm (w) x 40. 55 mm (h), with suspension ring, very fine.