first to Seaman First Class on March 1
It was for his efforts during the Battle of Guadalcanal that he would earn a Battalion Citation from A
with detached hinge
the label printed in black ink and inscribed "ROYAL FLYING CORPS / HEIGHT 5 Ft
a DeHavilland Tiger Moth in flight and three Stearman P
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, Refurbished Example, by Förster & Barth Newly Listed first to Seaman First Class(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,