Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive followed by a promotion two

followed by a promotion two months later to Major on June 19

his Commanding Officer stating that there was "little doubt that he was killed instantly"

1950 - Silver

In silver with a gilt wreath and coat-of-arms

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive followed by a promotion two(Flottenkriegsabzeichen) Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,