A Second War Army "Blood Of Brazil" Medal 1945 Newly Listed 30 that night U-48 was

30 that night U-48 was motoring along the surface heading for the Straits when apparently Buch (her commanding officer) lost his navigational way

October 1938 - In bronze

Seventh Flotilla

Lancaster aircraft # ME865 crashed at Speck

A Second War Army "Blood Of Brazil" Medal 1945 Newly Listed 30 that night U-48 wasA Second War Army "Blood of Brazil" Medal 1945 Bronze oval medal, 35x51mm; this rare medal was instituted on 5 July 1945 for Brazilian troops and civilians who served in War operations and who were injured through actions against the enemy. The three stars on the obverse are symbolic of the three wounds received by Brigadier Sampaio at the battle of Tuiuti in 1866, against Paraguay. Across the obverse is a scroll inscribed "Sangue Do Brasil" (Blood of