Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 78 mm (w) x 34

78 mm (w) x 34

Footnote: The M1 Steel Helmet was introduced by the United States Army in 1941 as a replacement for the earlier M1917 helmet and became the standard American combat helmet throughout the Second World War

Footnote: Anointment of King Alexander I took place in monastery Žiče

Plastic ribbons were not officially issued

overlaid by a gilded initial

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 78 mm (w) x 34(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN 68, measuring 48. 4 mm (w) x 38. 90 mm (h), weighing 26. 0 grams, most