Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden An intact blackened leather buffer

An intact blackened leather buffer pad covers the seam where the dagger meets the hilt

attached to gilt buttons on either side displaying cherry blossoms

an Infanterie-Regiment 4 commemorative medal

six assorted photos depicting U-968 crew members on the exterior of the vessel

Captain Gehres ordered the ship's magazines flooded but this could not be carried out as the ship's water mains were destroyed by the explosions or fire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden An intact blackened leather buffer(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop