Montenegro, Gold Red Cross Order Auction 30 that night U-48 was

30 that night U-48 was motoring along the surface heading for the Straits when apparently Buch (her commanding officer) lost his navigational way

marked W on reverse bottom left (for Ferdinand Wiedmann

with the body of the cap fabricated from a green wool

as a member of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment

often as high as 20

Montenegro, Gold Red Cross Order Auction 30 that night U-48 wasIn Gold and enamels, 32. 5mm (x52mm including crown suspension), of excellent quality manufacture, in extremely fine condition, unmarked; in G. Lemaitre case of issue. Montenegro issued Orders in gold on very few occasions, this one being (to best of my knowledge) the only Red Cross Order in gold.(M158)