The document is signed in pencil by a Hauptmann (Captain) and Adjutant
and The British Advance to the Rhine
As early as 1917
suspended from a rainbow ribbon attached to a horizontal pinback
Tommy Hayes and his small staff were experiencing a sixteen hour day
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity The document is signed in(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 mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN 68, measuring 48. 37 mm (w) x 38. 90 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams, the