Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Hero’s Death Certificate to Maschinistenmaat L. Schaaf, U-Boat Crewman, 1943 KIA Newly Listed surrounded by a red ring

surrounded by a red ring inscribed L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Strength in Unity)

Homberg survived the war and died on 4 July 1954 in Wiesbaden

On October 31

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

Canadian Engineers on May 28

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Hero’s Death Certificate to Maschinistenmaat L. Schaaf, U-Boat Crewman, 1943 KIA Newly Listed surrounded by a red ring(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