Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Buy Now with obverse centre depicting a

with obverse centre depicting a large white-enamelled cross of four equal arms also in silver gilt

the reverse stamped with a manufacture date of “1911”

his daughters bequeathed the rest of his collection to the Museum - which amounted to several thousand specimens - as well as some books and drawings

red wool in the void of the crown

The steel scabbard appears without dents

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Buy Now with obverse centre depicting a(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Re Issued on 3 October 1939 by Karl Dnitz. (1939 1945 Issue). Constructed of gilt tombak in the shape of a horizontally oriented oval laurel wreath, with a national eagle placed on top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika, and with a submarine superimposed in the center of the badge, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of