A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold light contact on exterior

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Medal in 1901 by H

Berlin (sometimes this cross is found with AW mark between the arms)

followed fifteen months later by his receiving permission to marry

They were never forced off despite constant attacks for the next five months

A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold light contact on exteriorA fine wartime studio portrait of Erich Topp wearing Knight's Cross with oakleaves therefore dating; Knight's Cross on 20 June 1941 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U 552 87th Oak Leaves on 11 April 1942 as Kapitnleutnant and commander of U 552. Signed across photograph and with caption below, 14. 7 x 10. 6 cm, very fine.