Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Hold the obverse bears the crowned

the obverse bears the crowned cipher “WR” (Wilhelm Rex)

such as the split scrollwork on all corners of the central motif

Hein signed the picture in black ink

He was buried on January 12

It is dated to April 3

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer Wartime Postcard Hold the obverse bears the crowned(Kriegsmarine Postkarte). A wartime postcard depicting Korvettenkapitn Otto Kretschmer, the top U Boat ace of the war who sunk 47 Allied ships between September 1939 and March 1941 for a total of 274,333 gross register tons, in uniform and with the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves clearly visible, the reverse unused in with a Hoffmann studio mark, measuring 90 mm (w) x 140 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.