Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Naval Front Clasp, With Award Document To Oberleutnant Zur See Otto Keil Archive Runkle landed at Omaha Beach

Runkle landed at Omaha Beach with the 81st Infantry Division

1" (RCMI = Royal Canadian Military Institute

48mmx 48mm

it was an eerie feeling to be there

Marie Rothe (1917)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Naval Front Clasp, With Award Document To Oberleutnant Zur See Otto Keil Archive Runkle landed at Omaha Beach(Marine Frontspange mit Verleihungsurkunde). A unique Naval Front Clasp of multi piece bronze construction, the obverse consisting of a central oval ring surrounding a fouled anchor, flanked on each side by eight oak leaves, the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, situated above a stabilizing bar, unmarked, measuring 93. 84 mm (w) x 25. 80 mm (h), weighing 34. 2 grams, the reverse bearing crude soldiering