Description
with six "submariners" on board who were to join a British crew meant to fight in the campaign to stop the Nazis led by General Erwin Rommel in North Africa
hardshelled design on both the lid and base with a forest green simulated leather exterior on all sides
The rations were very poor and the rice given us was of a very bad quality
on April 20th
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive with six "submariners" on board(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic metal iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension