Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Auction 62 mm x 37mm

62 mm x 37mm

reverse with a faint handwritten inscription

the reverse bearing a handwritten dedication and Munich postage with the date obscured by the remnants of card stock indicating album removal

forfeiting six days' pay

Red Cross Medal of Appreciation - 1st Class

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Auction 62 mm x 37mm(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central U Boat superimposed 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 a design commonly attributed to Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 39. 22 mm (h),