Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of 8 mm (w) x 10

8 mm (w) x 10 mm (h) with dual push pins

Type I - Bronze and silvered

red wool chevron sewn on navy blue rectangular field

and in November of 1943

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of 8 mm (w) x 10(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zinc, the obverse consists 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 U Boat set against a hollow background. The reverse has a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch. It is maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 7mm (w) x 39. 7 mm (h), weighing 18.