enemy shore batteries scored two direct hits on the submarine's conning tower and "bubbles covered an area about five meters wide
the reverse with a tall hinge
Discharge Certificate and Application for the Efficiency Medal
marked “RZM” and showing the mark where the buckle was previously repaired
illustrating the DRL eagle with down swept wings fronted by a black swastika insignia and dated "1937" below
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Modified for Postwar Wear, Variation 2 by Schwerin Hold enemy shore batteries scored two(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 77 mm (w) x 56. 90 mm