Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Newly Listed ” stamped on both sides

” stamped on both sides of the triple slotted disk

Six small photos showing Breidenbach and several comrades

XIX - First Year of the Great War

"L" Flight

the face plate flanked by "ORAN" (Algeria) on the right side and the date "1943" on the left side

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Newly Listed ” stamped on both sides(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaues Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine board cap for Enlisted ranks, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which gently scallop toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 25 mm