Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Early Postwar Service Pass to Stabsobersteuermann Kurt Bauer, Decorated Kriegsmarine Veteran consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 12 o’clock arm displaying a

12 o’clock arm displaying a silvered clasp

loss of finish to the wooden handle grip possibly indicative of clearing

thick wool

the obverse depicting the crowned Hungarian coat of arms superimposed on crossed swords

a Hindenburg

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Early Postwar Service Pass to Stabsobersteuermann Kurt Bauer, Decorated Kriegsmarine Veteran consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 12 o’clock arm displaying a(Kriegsmarine Bescheinigung). An interesting immediate postwar Kriegsmarine service pass, constructed of off white paper with black ink, filled with handwritten entries issued to STBS. OB. STRM. KURT BAUER (Stabsobersteuerman) on 22 November 1945, indicating that Bauer was assigned to paygroup 11 from 1 December 1943, and was the recipient of the Memel Medal, the War Merit Cross II Class with Swords (30 January 1943), the Minesweeper War Badge (23