Kriegsmarine Prize

[NickG]

Could this be real?
I will let the pictures do the talking...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Topp

[NickG]

Goofy looking eagle...Seller claims that there is a period picture of the famous U-Boot Captain with this trophy...???

[compressore]

Wrong spelling of the rank......

I would never ever trust such "trophies" except directly out of the family!

Regards
Christian

[glaser]

complete rubbish

[NickG]

Thanks yeah figured so...A friend was offered this...its being returned!
The owner/collector, in his 80's, computer illiterate, outdated reference books... bought a bunch of bad items many decades ago...
Often with such "older collections" you will find junk...

From the same source...
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=824779