A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold with chipping and repair to

with chipping and repair to enamels

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

the 88th had the extraordinary distinction of having been commanded by twenty-two different officers

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

A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold with chipping and repair toA 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.