He flashed his lantern over the ocean and saw something out over the high flood tide
Being promoted to Kapitänleutnant on March 22 1913 he was appointed to command the IV Half Flotilla U Boote 1913-1915 while the torpedo boat SMTb D 10
then his left elbow was blown away
“The Prussian and Bavarian Badges from Army and Navy Aircrew from 1913 to 1918
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Friedrich Linden Buy Now He flashed his lantern over(Luftwaffe Flakkampfabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the right edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge, unmarked, the wreath measuring 44. 76 mm (w) x 57. 15 mm (h), weighing 30. 1 grams, the pinback and catch are