Italy, Kingdom. Two Fascist Badges, C.1935 GTRexclude and his Iron Cross document

and his Iron Cross document from August 1944 has him at the rank of Rottenfuhrer

one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea

Sawyer entered the French theatre on February 15

He saw service on a number of submarines: H

Italy, Kingdom. Two Fascist Badges, C.1935 GTRexclude and his Iron Cross documentNational Fascist Party "PNF" (Partito Nazionale Fascista) and Fascist Leisure and Recreational Organization "OND" (Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro) "Day After Work" Medal (in bronze gilt, obverse illustrating a man in a tank top in the foreground, a woman in a full length dress in the background at the right, a large fasces at the left, inscribed "P. N. F." and "O. N. D." above and "1 GIORNATA DOPOLAVORo", reverse inscribed "Reggio Calabria Gioja Tauro 21