Germany, Kriegsmarine. The Awards, Documents, and Photos of Kapitänleutnant Erwin Leesten, German Cross in Gold Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Armband)

(Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Armband)

and a cover letter of the same measurements

the obverse bearing a raised Cross Pattée bearing a central monogram of Duke Bernhard III

stating that he had four years' service with the Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment (PWOR)

Louis Waryńskiego Communist Party Activists Twenty-Five Year Service Medal

Germany, Kriegsmarine. The Awards, Documents, and Photos of Kapitänleutnant Erwin Leesten, German Cross in Gold Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Armband)(Kriegsmarine Konvolut fr einen Kapitnleutnant und Trger des Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). A fascinating and superb collection of awards, documents, and photos from the estate of Kapitnleutnant Erwin Leesten, a recipient of the German Cross in Gold who, as part of a distinguished wartime career, initially served aboard the Type 1924 Torpedo Boat Wolf, before holding a variety of command positions in both torpedo boat and minesweeper units in the Baltic