Decoration for the Crew of the Deutschland Reverse

While in the US, the crew of Deutschland was fêted by German-Americans. This decoration was awarded to the crew by the German Historical Society of New York.

D.H.G./ N.Y./ HOCHHERZIGEN WAGEMUT/ SEI GEWEIHT/ DIES EISERNER ZEIT/ VOM/ DANKBAREN DEUTSCHTUM/ D. VER. STAATEN/ V. AMERIKA/ 9.JULI 1916. (“German Historical Society, New York, let magnanimous valor of this Iron Age be consecrated by thankful Germans of the United States of America”)