Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Hold Hein signed the picture in

Hein signed the picture in black ink

fraying and tearing evident on one tail of the sash

mounted to a six-sided metal suspension with pinback)

He was buried on January 12

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Hold Hein signed the picture in(Kriegsmarine Postkarte). A wartime postcard depicting Korvettenkapitn Otto Kretschmer, the top U Boat ace of the war who sunk 47 Allied ships between September 1939 and March 1941 for a total of 274,333 gross register tons, in uniform and with the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves clearly visible, the reverse unused in with a Hoffmann studio mark, measuring 90 mm (w) x 140 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.