Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Newly Listed surrounded by a border inscribed

surrounded by a border inscribed ARRIBA ESPAÑA GEss M FANG UNA GRANDE LIBRE IMPERIAL M

the face plate flanked by "ORAN" (Algeria) on the right side and the date "1943" on the left side

Footnote: Harry Gladstone McNeill was born in Victoria

” stamped on both sides of the triple slotted disk

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Newly Listed surrounded by a border inscribed(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