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A nice grouping to Kriegsmarine Maschinen-Obermaat Wolfgang Göcker serving on U-218.
Badges
U-boat Front Clasp in Silver. Made from zinc. Silvered. "Schwerin-Berlin" maker marked.
U-boat War Badge. Made from zinc. The gilding is worn off. No maker's mark.
1939 Iron Cross 1st Class. Iron core. "20" maker marked.
1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class with the original ribbon and ribbon bar. Iron core.
Insignia
"Kriegsmarine" cap tally. Length: 68 cm.
Kriegsmarine rank sleeve badge for a Maschinen-Obermaat.
Photos & ID cards
Kriegsmarine Soldbuch. Issued on 6. June 1941. The first page is marked with the letter "U" (for U-Boot). Original applied photo. Awards: U-boat War Badge on 12.5.1944, 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class on 12.7.1944, U-boat Front Clasp in Bronze on 25.10.1944, U-boat Front Clasp in Silver on 9.5.1945, and 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class on 9.5.1944. Unfortunately, the field mail numbers in the complete Soldbuch have been painted over with a black pen. However, the stamps of the "Kommando - 1. Unterseebootslehrdivision" and "Torpedo-Schule" are untouched. On the front cover, he has written his POW number "215 054". His commander Kapitänleutnant Rupprecht Stock has sign one of the last pages.
Two workbooks of the German Democratic Republic (from him and his wife).
Third Reich D.L.R.G. membership booklet of Wolfgang Göcker.
Three original Kriegsmarine portrait photos of him and one photo of his wife Gudrun (taken in 1948).
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Signs of use and age.