Germany, Kriegsmarine . A Kia Document Group To U-Boat 160 Cook GTRexclude he refused the Purple Heart

he refused the Purple Heart because he was concerned that the notification back home would upset his mother

The order consisted of the Sovereign

with “Jagdgeschwader General Wever: embroidered in German script in silvery threading on the obverse

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - Military Member Badge

an excerpt from a AH speech of 9 November 1943

Germany, Kriegsmarine . A Kia Document Group To U-Boat 160 Cook GTRexclude he refused the Purple HeartA folder, measuring 240x323mm, containing a grouping of documents to Kriegsmarine soldier and cook of U 160, Leo Starzecki. The grouping consists of: An Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate (139x199mm, extremely fine) to Matrosengefreiter (Lance Corporal in the Kriegsmarine) Leo Starzecki. It is dated to December 12, 1942 and carries a facsimile of Admiral Karl Dnitz. A postcard (143x90mm, near extremely fine), showing the destroyer Georg Thiele. It was