Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Early Postwar Service Pass to Stabsobersteuermann Kurt Bauer, Decorated Kriegsmarine Veteran consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Signature on Post War Photo:

Signature on Post War Photo: Walter Kruger

loss of finish to the wooden handle grip possibly indicative of clearing

a Hindenburg

spotted over 1

the photo has been dated to Christmas 1944

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Early Postwar Service Pass to Stabsobersteuermann Kurt Bauer, Decorated Kriegsmarine Veteran consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Signature on Post War Photo:(Kriegsmarine Bescheinigung). An interesting immediate postwar Kriegsmarine service pass, constructed of off white paper with black ink, filled with handwritten entries issued to STBS. OB. STRM. KURT BAUER (Stabsobersteuerman) on 22 November 1945, indicating that Bauer was assigned to paygroup 11 from 1 December 1943, and was the recipient of the Memel Medal, the War Merit Cross II Class with Swords (30 January 1943), the Minesweeper War Badge (23