Two Wehrmacht Long Service Medals; Third & Fourth Class Auction with six "submariners" on board

with six "submariners" on board who were to join a British crew meant to fight in the campaign to stop the Nazis led by General Erwin Rommel in North Africa

including flags on his right forearm and Queen Victoria on his upper left arm

He was treated at the Birmingham War Hospital

residue from previous mounting

Cole left for the 2nd Battalion on the 17th

Two Wehrmacht Long Service Medals; Third & Fourth Class Auction with six "submariners" on boardWehrmacht Long Service Medal, 3rd Class for Twelve Years' Service (gilt tombac, 30. 2 mm); and Wehrmacht Long Service Medal, 4th Class for Four Years' Service (silvered tombac, 30. 2 mm). Un mounted, gilt and surface wear evident on both, better than very fine.