Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge by Emil Ferdinand Wiedmann - Variant 1 certificate_of_authenticity for bravery in the field

for bravery in the field

Hill was buried in the Denain Communal Cemetery

and Carol I Jubilee Medal (bronze gilt

He retired from active military service in 1931

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge by Emil Ferdinand Wiedmann - Variant 1 certificate_of_authenticity for bravery in the field(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Instituted October 13th, 1939. (Mid to Late War Issue) A textbook example by this maker, constructed of gilded zinc, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat superimposed over a hollow void, the reverse with a sheet metal hinge depicting the signature lily pad base, with a straight