Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Archive a HJ Enlisted buckle

a HJ Enlisted buckle

East Indies Fleet

It is marked in handwritten red ink "43" in two places

as they launched small counterattacks and used armor to halt American movements

two badges exhibiting slight discoloration

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Archive a HJ Enlisted buckle(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.