Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Förster & Barth Auction Archive embarking Tilbury aboard the S

embarking Tilbury aboard the S

Measuring 103x147mm

measures 36mm (w) x 49mm (h – inclusive of integral ring)

all enamels and pearls intact

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Förster & Barth Auction Archive embarking Tilbury aboard the S(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded feinzink, 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 crimped hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,