Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Early Postwar Service Pass to Stabsobersteuermann Kurt Bauer, Decorated Kriegsmarine Veteran certificate_of_authenticity with the infantry soon advancing

with the infantry soon advancing on the German positions

surrounding a raised date of “1939”

situated above a laurel leaf wreath

Secreted within the upper left pocket is a Wehrmacht-issue packet retaining two prophylactic wrappers Unmarked

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Early Postwar Service Pass to Stabsobersteuermann Kurt Bauer, Decorated Kriegsmarine Veteran certificate_of_authenticity with the infantry soon advancing(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