Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction above an inscription of “REICHSBAHN”

above an inscription of “REICHSBAHN” in stylized script

215 mm x 279 mm)

rust evident where the blade feeds into the handle

measuring 39 mm (w) x 18

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction above an inscription of “REICHSBAHN”(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 eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering magnetic metal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Funcke & Brninghaus,