A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold to prepare for overseas service

to prepare for overseas service

Aubyn Lyon: Military Medal (un-named)

maker marked "M5/71" with the "OLC" insignia (Overhoff & Cie Ludenscheid)

3 engine at an altitude of fifty feet

Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver and black paint)

A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold to prepare for overseas serviceA fine wartime studio portrait of Erich Topp wearing Knight's Cross with oakleaves therefore dating; Knight's Cross on 20 June 1941 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U 552 87th Oak Leaves on 11 April 1942 as Kapitnleutnant and commander of U 552. Signed across photograph and with caption below, 14. 7 x 10. 6 cm, very fine.