A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold Footnote: William Christie Kidd was

Footnote: William Christie Kidd was born on June 12

Berlin (sometimes this cross is found with AW mark between the arms)

light contact on exterior

followed fifteen months later by his receiving permission to marry

Raymond Brown (Windsor Regiment

A Wartime 1941/42 Signature Of U-Boat Commander Erich Topp Hold Footnote: William Christie Kidd wasA fine wartime studio portrait of Erich Topp wearing Knight's Cross with oakleaves therefore dating; Knight's Cross on 20 June 1941 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U 552 87th Oak Leaves on 11 April 1942 as Kapitnleutnant and commander of U 552. Signed across photograph and with caption below, 14. 7 x 10. 6 cm, very fine.