Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard certificate_of_authenticity maker marked “Streinhauer & Lück”

maker marked “Streinhauer & Lück”

Footnote: Awarded to all members of the Spanish army

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WWI Comrades of the Great War Member Badge - Bronze and enamels

blue ribbon attached

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard certificate_of_authenticity maker marked “Streinhauer & Lück”(Kriegsmarine Postkarte). A wartime postcard depicting Korvettenkapitn Otto Kretschmer, the top U Boat ace of the war who sunk 47 Allied ships between September 1939 and March 1941 for a total of 274,333 gross register tons, in uniform and with the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves clearly visible, the reverse unused in with a Hoffmann studio mark, measuring 90 mm (w) x 140 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.