Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Wiedmann Design Auction the other forty-six in gilt

the other forty-six in gilt

Each shoulder has a board constructed of cardboard-reinforced light green wool bearing two rows of twisted silver aluminum bullion wire

back panel illustrating a colourized black and white portrait of Lord Kitchener

both items top quality and condition

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Wiedmann Design Auction the other forty-six in gilt(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, with a central U Boat set across the badge on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of manufacture by an