Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic During service in 'E' Boats

During service in 'E' Boats

Badge in 10K Gold

Drecks informs Borchardt’s parents of their son’s death on Jan 17th

1940 (London Gazette 4419

Stitched onto the peak of the cap is a wire Bundeswehr-style tricolour cockade

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic During service in 'E' Boats(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded neusilber with gilt and silver finish and with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, surrounded by a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, the reverse