Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Archive East Indies Fleet

East Indies Fleet

magnetic (with modern ribbon)

It is marked in handwritten red ink "43" in two places

32nd Sikh Pioneers) Naming is officially engraved in italic script

the number of card certifying their quality Old Guard and year of affiliation to the Party

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Archive East Indies Fleet(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.