Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive with a white cotton roundel

with a white cotton roundel featuring a black swastika with crisp sewn-down 90 degree folds

An ability to cover long distances at speed was expected: airborne platoons were required to cover a distance of 50 miles (80 km) in 24 hours

on a partial neck ribbon with glue residue evident from previous board mounting

Kriegsmarine Veteran’s Eagle - In gilded brass

silver hallmark “800” on pin

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive with a white cotton roundel(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