Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross In Silver, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive Naval command had ordered U-556

Naval command had ordered U-556 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Herbert Wohlfarth to retrieve Bismarck 's war diary

number 1064787

suspended from a wings hanger bearing the Venezuelan coat of arms

Silver Grade Medal - Silver

As the final entry appears in the form of Franz’s service information on 4 May 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross In Silver, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive Naval command had ordered U-556(Spanienkreuz in Silber). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika set within dual circular rings, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, stamped with a silver content number of 835 and