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

struck in silver

where it was noted that he had "weakness and pain" and after three weeks recuperation

67mm(w) x 57

85mm(height)

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