Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap, By Willy Sprengpfeil Archive The Order of the Black

The Order of the Black Star of Benin

19 mm x 12 mm

four days after the Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day)

with the first such award presented by Prince Gregory Konstantinovich in April 1923

the other four awards are un-named

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap, By Willy Sprengpfeil Archive The Order of the Black(Kriegsmarine Schiffchen). A well preserved Kriegsmarine EM NCOs overseas cap, constructed of dark navy blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels, gently scalloped toward the front. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia constructed of a dark navy blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 62 mm (w) x 28 mm (h) overall. Directly