Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Ranks, with Owner-Modified Chinstrap Province of China he was Mentioned in Despatches

he was Mentioned in Despatches and received the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps

Hamburg: Hanseaten Cross (silvered bronze and enamels

(Zigarettenetui in Silber)

with minor tarnishing and loss of paint evident

bearing a central white rayon disc trimmed with golden-yellow celleon wire piping

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Ranks, with Owner-Modified Chinstrap Province of China he was Mentioned in Despatches(Kriegsmarine Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An interesting well preserved Kriegsmarine dark blue board cap for Enlisted ranks, constructed of dark navy blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which subtly slope toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue wool backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 25 mm