Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge United Republic of with two small bronze crosses

with two small bronze crosses affixed above on the right side (front of the cap)

INC NEW YORK" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

the squadron claimed 298 victories

chipping evident on the burlap backer

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge United Republic of with two small bronze crosses(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 over a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 40. 16 mm (h), weighing 24. 1