Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the edge of the white

the edge of the white enamelled star near each ball finial and near the center are lightly engraved

then posted to the 2nd Brigade

(ii) eight Bravery Medals: in bronze

Footnote: The 49th Infantry Battalion was raised in Edmonton

of typical Swiss Huguenin manufacture

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the edge of the white(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaues Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine board cap for Enlisted ranks, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which gently scallop toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 25 mm