In November 1943 the French delegate-general
The cemetery became the repository for the fatalities in the bitter fighting through the Heasbourg Gap during the winter of 1944-1945
with two ventilation eyelets above each button on the navy blue of the cap
A 1936 “Der Rhein ist Frei” Frontsoldaten und Kriegsopfer Ehrentag Mainz am Rhein badge
composition
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Schwerin Hold In November 1943 the French(U Boot Frontspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat, flanked on each side by six oak leaves, the reverse with an integral hinge and fluted banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch which emanates from a crimped base, designer marked PEEKHAUS for Wilhelm