Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz (1891 - 1980)., A display model of his Grand Admiral's baton. Silver, gilded in places, fine jeweller's work. The shaft is covered with navy blue velvet, with party eagles, iron crosses, and anchors set alternately on the shaft. Heavy, gold-plated knobs with oak leaf decoration, adorned on top with the party eagle and a U-boat, on the bottom with the iron cross. Surrounding inscription in Gothic letters: "Der Führer dem Grossadmiral Dönitz - zum Feiheitskampf des Großdeutschen Volkes Januar 1943". (From the Führer to Grand Admiral Döni,

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