Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Lot of Awards & Documents, Small Unit War Badge

Item #G46146

Price:

$2,230

(Abzeichen und Verleihungsurkunden). A lot of awards and documents to Hans-Joachim Daust, including a DJ/HJ identity card, constructed of card stock, indicating that Daust was born on 23 October 1923 and served with Jungbann I/37, including a black-and-white photograph of the bearer, measuring 75 mm (w) x 130 mm (h), material fatigue evident, in overall very fine condition;

An award document for a Minesweeper War Badge, constructed of off-white paper with black ink, named to “MASCHINENGEFREITEN JOACHIM DAUST”, dated 2 November 1943, measuring 150 mm (w) x 212 mm (h), in extremely fine condition;

An award document for an Iron Cross, II Class, constructed of off-white paper with black ink, dated 23 June 1944, featuring a handwritten signature of Konteradmiral Erich Alfred Breuning, measuring 138 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition;

A transfer notice, constructed of off-white paper with black ink, dated 21 August 1944, measuring 210 mm (w) x 150 mm (h), discolouration evident, in overall near extremely fine condition;

A Kriegsmarine Small Unit War Badge, I Class, cloth version, constructed of dark blue wool twill, the obverse bearing a gold machine-embroidered sawfish within a rope border, unmarked, measuring 80 mm in diameter, accompanied by its period original award document, constructed of off-white paper with purple ink, dated 12 March 1945, measuring 148 mm (w) x 210 mm (h), most of the ink has faded and been rendered illegible, in overall better than very fine condition,

An award document for an Iron Cross, I Class, constructed off-white paper with black ink, dated 20 April 1945, measuring 140 mm (w) x 198 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.