Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Buy Now author of “The German Close

author of “The German Close Combat Clasp of Word War II - A Collectors Guide to the German Close Combat Clasp of World War II”

maker marked "CARL POELLATH SCHROBENHAUSEN" on the reverse

being dignosed with myopia (nearsightedness) and ametrophia (a condition characterized by an optic defect involving an error of refraction)

A 1933 Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps (NSKK) 2000 Kilometer Durch Deutschland badge

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Buy Now author of “The German Close(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.