Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Oberst ADOLF DICKFELD Knights Cross

Oberst ADOLF DICKFELD Knights Cross – JG52 & JG2 / 136 victories

Early flights were basically daylight operations that were often forced to the northern portion of the Hump due to the presence of Japanese fighter aircraft to the south flying out of Myitkyina

He went on to serve with the NATO in France

” (My battalion has done well

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Oberst ADOLF DICKFELD Knights Cross(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zinc, the obverse consists 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 U Boat set against a hollow background. The reverse has a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch. It is maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 7mm (w) x 39. 7 mm (h), weighing 18.