Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He was posthumously awarded the

He was posthumously awarded the (14th) Swords to the Knight’s Cross

Measuring 275 mm (h)

was instituted on November 25

85mm(height)

the construction was the largest ever undertaken in Newfoundland

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He was posthumously awarded the(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat set over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 88 mm (w) x 39. 67 mm (h), weighing 22. 0 grams, in extremely fine