hucks216 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 A very early war example being dated just 6 days after the award was instituted, so no doubt that it is a back-dated citation. This for a crewman on U-18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 And a posthumous issue variant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric JB Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) Steigerwald U 861. edit : Shonan = Singapore, in Japanese Shonanto = sun harbor - or - harbor of the sun. Document is signed by Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Erhardt, former first offocer on the raider "Michel". Edited February 6, 2013 by Eric JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Wow.... my first thought seeing the small pic was "why would they have need a preliminary doc??" But seeing where it was awarded.... fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric JB Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) Walter Pfeiffer U 181. Ubootskriegsabzeichen. Edited February 6, 2013 by Eric JB extra photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric JB Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Walter Pfeiffer U 181. U-Bootsfrontspange in Bronze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric JB Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Walter Pfeiffer U 181. U-Bootsfrontspange in Silber. Signed by Fregattenkapitän Wilhelm Dommes, former CO. of U 431 and U 178. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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