Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Second World War and NSDAP Service certificate_of_authenticity are secured to the tunic

are secured to the tunic by machine stitching at the outer edge and by a gilded

an abbreviated shortening of Yangtze Patrol

he was to see service with seven different subs over the next fourteen years

Footnote: Joseph Thomas Butler was born on November 16

the badge surmounted by the King's crown

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Second World War and NSDAP Service certificate_of_authenticity are secured to the tunic(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring two decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 47. 26 mm (w) x 49. 17 mm