A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold 1912 Serbo-Turkish Campaign Medal -

1912 Serbo-Turkish Campaign Medal - In bronze gilt

From October 1940 he was Chief of the General Staff of the 2nd Panzer Army under General Guderian

Footnote: William Christie Kidd was born on June 12

a German destroyer force steamed in to the Straits

Berlin (sometimes this cross is found with AW mark between the arms)

A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold 1912 Serbo-Turkish Campaign Medal -A fine wartime studio portrait of Erich Topp wearing Knight's Cross with oakleaves therefore dating; Knight's Cross on 20 June 1941 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U 552 87th Oak Leaves on 11 April 1942 as Kapitnleutnant and commander of U 552. Signed across photograph and with caption below, 14. 7 x 10. 6 cm, very fine.