The ship was attacked by German E-Boats during a midnight engagement on September 10th-11th and was struck by a torpedo on her number three magazine on the port side
Connecticut for course instruction at the Submarine Training School
Earl Roberts
Footnote: Franz Halder was born on June 30
the obverse in the form of a horizontal oval laurel wreath
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive The ship was attacked by(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41.