Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive with period green enamle repair

with period green enamle repair

missing its ribboned suspension

a circular device with a beaded edge bearing a heraldic shield upon a red background in the centre of the star

Sergeant R

Fabricated from a royal blue cotton

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive with period green enamle repair(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central U Boat superimposed over the badge over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of variation credited to B. H. Mayer,