Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Hold The interior of the cap

The interior of the cap is lined in cloth

BLACK CO" on the reverse

otherwise in mint condition and very rare

The division was transferred to Yugoslavia on May 8

Knight's Cross on 20 June 1941 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U-552 - 87th Oak Leaves on 11 April 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-552

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Hold The interior of the cap(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Cross Patte, overlaid by a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, bearing dates 1939 1940 in the quadrants, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEN KMPFERN FR DIE DEUTSCHE FREIHEIT (TO THE FIGHTERS FOR GERMAN FREEDOM), unmarked, measuring 32. 57 mm in diameter,