Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: This sword was introduced

Footnote: This sword was introduced to the Army prior to the start of the Crimean War

An Iron Cross First Class 1939 - iron core

61 Training Centre on December 4th

presenting the initials ONB at the bottom

with "2" to the left of the head and assay city marked "A" (Vienna) to the right of the head on the ring

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: This sword was introduced(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.