A Kriegsmarine Enlisted Man's/Nco's Overseas Side Cap certificate_of_authenticity He was likely treated with

He was likely treated with an application of the antiseptic gentian violet

superimposed on blue wool waffenfarbe (indicating Medical branch)

he was documented as having "Varicose Veins" for the past twenty years

credited with having served in France with the 5th Infantry Battalion and the 1st Division Traffic Control for a total of thirty-seven months and entitled to wear the War Service Badge

Atkins is commemorated on page 132 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll

A Kriegsmarine Enlisted Man's/Nco's Overseas Side Cap certificate_of_authenticity He was likely treated withConstructed with a black wool exterior, fold down panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and forward sides, sewn in place on the peak on the front is a Kriegsmarine eagle in yellow and navy blue machine embroidery, illustrating a left facing spread winged eagle, its talons gripping a wreathed swastika below, embroidered tri colour cockade on a navy blue background sewn in place on the fold down flap below the eagle. The interior is