The ship operated between Bremen and Buenos Aires on the line's South American service and was equipped with wireless and "submarine sounding apparatus"with accommodations for 116 first class
Awarded by: with “Mission Dist
obverse centre exhibiting an engraved head of Athena surrounded by an enameled blue border inscribed CAMPAÑA A BOLIVIA I EL PERU (Bolivian and Peruvian Campaign)
Nothing else is known of his war service but in the continuous fighting against the Soviets
Submarine War Badge - in gilded zinc (gold wash nearly completely gone except on the pin)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of The ship operated between Bremen(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h), weighing 15.