A Wartime Signed Picture Postcard Of U-Boat Captain & Kc Recipient Schepke Auction Copper-gilt version for Petty Officers

Copper-gilt version for Petty Officers

very light soiling on the exterior of the cover

(22401234 CFN

The Order of Netherlands’s Lion in Gold - Circa 1830 period issue

1914 (Mons) clasp (8541 Pte F

A Wartime Signed Picture Postcard Of U-Boat Captain & Kc Recipient Schepke Auction Copper-gilt version for Petty OfficersA postcard showing a picture of Joachim Schepke. It measures 91x141mm, mint condition. It is signed in black ink. The back of the card identifies the photographer as Photo Hoffmann, Munich. It also states that reprinting is forbidden: Nachdruck verboten. Footnote: Captain Lieutenant Joachim Schepke (19121941) was a U Boat commander and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, as well as the 7th recipient of the Oak Leaves. He sank 34 ships,