trapping 59 men (56 sailors and 3 civilians) on board
Gunner Hipkiss was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
she appeared before the De-nazification court in Munich in September 1949
A 1935 Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (NSV) membership badge
crazing evident in the finish on the exterior
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By A.g.m.u.k GTRexclude trapping 59 men (56 sailors(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a square magnetic metal backplate, with a horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse marked with