Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Ribbon Bars, Post-1945 Assembly Archive making this a textbook M42

making this a textbook M42 style helmet

USS S-44 was preparing to begin its fifth patrol

35mm(w) x 48

which was overrun in heavy fighting at Lorenzo during Operation "Chesterfield"

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Ribbon Bars, Post-1945 Assembly Archive making this a textbook M42(Bandschnallen). A pair of ribbon bars, including: 1. One featuring ten awards, including a 1939 Iron Cross II Class, a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, a War Merit Medal, an Eastern Front Medal, an Air Defence Honour Badge, an Austrian Military Merit Medal, a Wehrmacht Long Service Award with Heer Kriegsmarine device, a second Wehrmacht Long Service Award with HeerKriegsmarine, a West Wall Medal, and a Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar,