An Indonesian Air Force Pilot Badge Archive The U-Boat could easily have

The U-Boat could easily have ripped its way through the destroyer's thin side plates and de Chair was acting to save his ship

A Bronze Grade Mother's Cross

measuring 36 mm x 45 mm

The shoulders have buttondown epaulet straps held in place via brown plastic buttons

Schmid commanded the German forces involved in Operation Bodenplatte on 1 January 1945 - the German units charged with the Defense of the Reich fought under his leadership

An Indonesian Air Force Pilot Badge Archive The U-Boat could easily haveTwo piece construction, bronze gilt, unmarked, 29 mm x 90. 8 mm, horizontal pinback, light surface wear evident on the eagle, near extremely fine.