Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Hero’s Death Certificate to Maschinistenmaat L. Schaaf, U-Boat Crewman, 1943 KIA Newly Listed Second War Italian Commander’s Tank

Second War Italian Commander’s Tank Badge: in bronze gilt with red and black enamels

obverse bearing crowned Bulgarian coat of arms imposed on crossed swords and flanked by laurel and oak branches

Canadian Engineers on May 28

the pommel is nicely detailed with toned pebbling and an oakleaf background

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Hero’s Death Certificate to Maschinistenmaat L. Schaaf, U-Boat Crewman, 1943 KIA Newly Listed Second War Italian Commander’s Tank(Kriegsmarine Heldentodurkunde). Constructed of off white card stock with black ink, the obverse bearing a dedication to Maschinistenmaat L. Schaaf, a crewman aboard a U Boat who was killed in action on 27 July 1943 in an undisclosed location, topped by an Iron Cross situated within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, measuring 29 cm (w) x 34 cm (h), demonstrating minor discolouration and fatigue, a superb documented demonstrating the perils of wartime U