WWII Kriegsmarine Normandy Campaign Document Group – EK2 & Destroyer War Badge to Torpedoboot “Jaguar”

A highly desirable and historically significant Kriegsmarine award document group awarded to Maschinengefreiter Herbert Schulz, who served aboard the German torpedo boat Torpedoboot “Jaguar” during the final and dramatic months of the war in Western Europe.

The group consists of:

• Iron Cross 2nd Class (Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse) award document
• Destroyer War Badge (Zerstörerkriegsabzeichen) award document
• Both specifically identifying service aboard Torpedoboot Jaguar
• Both signed by Konteradmiral Leo Kreisch, Commander of German Destroyer Forces (Führer der Zerstörer)

The Iron Cross document is dated 24 June 1944, placing it directly within the Normandy campaign. Remarkably, the award was issued only days after Jaguar was sunk during an RAF air attack on Le Havre on the night of 14/15 June 1944, making this a fascinating survivor-related document from one of the Kriegsmarine’s most desperate periods of combat.

The accompanying Destroyer War Badge document, dated 4 May 1944, confirms Herbert Schulz’s operational service aboard Jaguar prior to the Allied invasion of France.

Named Kriegsmarine award documents connected to a specific warship are always sought after, and examples directly linked to the Normandy campaign are considerably scarcer than standard Heer award paperwork.

A superb and highly displayable Kriegsmarine document set with strong research and historical potential.