Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden In nine patrols

In nine patrols

20mm (h – inclusive of bow suspension and integral ring)

measuring 156 mm (w) x 200 mm (h)

Instituted 20 July 1807 by King Friedrich August III

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden In nine patrols(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant