Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden plus a fold-out map placed

plus a fold-out map placed after the Index (The Peninsula) on an cream-coloured paper stock

six assorted photos depicting U-968 crew members on the exterior of the vessel

an Infanterie-Regiment 4 commemorative medal

Captain Gehres ordered the ship's magazines flooded but this could not be carried out as the ship's water mains were destroyed by the explosions or fire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden plus a fold-out map placed(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop