Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive measuring 36 mm

measuring 36 mm

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Constructed of a light metal alloy (non magnetic)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive measuring 36 mm(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 76 mm (w) x