Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint High Seas Fleet Badge, with Case, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Department of Veteran Affairs Death

Department of Veteran Affairs Death Notification and assorted research material

He returned to New Guinea for a second tour of duty

Pebbled magnetic metal buttons flank the lower edge of the cap band to accommodate a chinstrap constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

The jacket measures at 41cm (shoulder to shoulder) x 57cm (shoulder to cuff) x 67cm (top to bottom)

(Heer Feldmützenadler)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint High Seas Fleet Badge, with Case, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Department of Veteran Affairs Death(Flottenkriegsabzeichen mit Etui). 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 clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, BERLIN and maker marked