Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Hero’s Death Certificate to Maschinistenmaat L. Schaaf, U-Boat Crewman, 1943 KIA Newly Listed Canadian Engineers on May 28

Canadian Engineers on May 28

obverse bearing crowned Bulgarian coat of arms imposed on crossed swords and flanked by laurel and oak branches

Weed was stationed in Washington

Homberg survived the war and died on 4 July 1954 in Wiesbaden

the inscriptions "BRETAGNE" (Brittany) above and "FINISTERE" (Region of Brittany's West Coast) below

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Hero’s Death Certificate to Maschinistenmaat L. Schaaf, U-Boat Crewman, 1943 KIA Newly Listed Canadian Engineers on May 28(Kriegsmarine Heldentodurkunde). Constructed of off white card stock with black ink, the obverse bearing a dedication to Maschinistenmaat L. Schaaf, a crewman aboard a U Boat who was killed in action on 27 July 1943 in an undisclosed location, topped by an Iron Cross situated within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, measuring 29 cm (w) x 34 cm (h), demonstrating minor discolouration and fatigue, a superb documented demonstrating the perils of wartime U