Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden six assorted photos depicting U-968

six assorted photos depicting U-968 crew members on the exterior of the vessel

An intact blackened leather buffer pad covers the seam where the dagger meets the hilt

Blockade Runner’s Badge (

attached to gilt buttons on either side displaying cherry blossoms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden six assorted photos depicting U-968(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop