Germany, Kriegsmarine. A 13th U-Boat Flotilla Trench Art Plaque United Republic of the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered white cotton disc measuring 88 mm in diameter

and set above an inscription of “DEUTSCHES REICH”

He is documented as having been posted to three locations (Whitby

then captain

similarly featuring Düppenbecker’s return address

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A 13th U-Boat Flotilla Trench Art Plaque United Republic of the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered(13. Unterseebootsflottille Gedenktafel). Constructed of hand carved and lightly varnished wood, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised depiction of a Viking longship cutting throughout waves in a style used as an emblem by the 13th U Boat Flotilla (based in Trondheim, Norway), the reverse topped by two metal rivets for the accommodation of a hanging string, retaining an early postwar label bearing a handwritten dedication from a