WWII Kriegsmarine Officer’s Medals, War Badges, Insignia and Photographs Group
$2,750.00
The group is comprised of the medals and the war badges of Walter Dorr, who was born in 1916 and who joined the Kriegsmarine in 1935, serving aboard the destroyer “Schleswig Holstein” as well as aboard a mine sweeper and submarine hunter vessel, rising from the enlisted ranks to the rank of Oberleutnant zur See and being awarded the German Cross in Gold on October 16, 1944. The group includes the following medals and war badges:
– 1939 Iron Cross First Class, bearing the LDO code of “26”, reflecting production by the firm of B. H. Mayer’s Kunst-prageanstalt. The obverse surface exhibits bubbling to the black paint on the iron core, but is remains largely intact. The silver frame and reverse have a fine uncleaned patina.
– 1939 Iron Cross Second Class, with intact paint on the iron core and a dark and uncleaned patina on the silver frame, with a clean ribbon.
– 1939 War Merit Cross First Class with Swords, with an indistinct maker mark on the surface of the wide pin. The cross is zinc alloy composition, showing typical loss of the silver finish.
– 1939 War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords, Tombac composition, showing some spots but retaining a fine bronze finish.
– DRL Bronze Spots Badge, maker marked by the Wernstein firm.
– Kriegsmarine Narvik shield. The gold finish of the shield exhibits age toning and a bit of verdigris, but the finish is in very good condition. The shield is retained on its black wool base with an intact paper backing.
– Kriegsmarine Destroyer war badge, being stamped construction and a worn but intact gilt finish on the wreath.
– Kriegsmarine Minewseeper and Submarine Hunter war badge. The badge is Tombac composition, with a stain on one side of the eagle as well as wear to the silvering of the explosive plume on the badge. The gilt finish of the wreath has a fine age toning.
– Donner’s Kriegsmarine identification tag.
– A pair of the metal shield from the Kriegsmarine pith helmet, including the gold eagle shield as well as the national colors shield. Both of the shields have all attachment prongs intact.
– “Kriegsmarine” cap tally approximately 39-1/2 inches long. The tally shows some damage and wear as well as age and toning.
– The group includes five contemporary copies of wartime photographs, as well as several pages of internet research on Walter Dorr, which lists as his awards the medals in this group as well as the German Cross in gold.
Overall the items in the group are in very good condition.