Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction Archive JULIKÄMPFER 23”

JULIKÄMPFER 23”

this dagger features a 163 mm long blade in silver with a four-sided diamond cross section

Insignia in machine embroidered rayon and linen threads

The case is gold-plated and the caseback bears the image of a dolphin

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction Archive JULIKÄMPFER 23”(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat set over top a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Schwerin & Sohn, Berlin,