Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Newly Listed for identical charges)

for identical charges)

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

Eric Valentine in 1968

” stamped on both sides of the triple slotted disk

"L" Flight

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Newly Listed for identical charges)(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