Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unmarked Variation 1 Example, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Hold measuring approximately 100 mm in

measuring approximately 100 mm in width x 295 mm in length x 260 mm in height each

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with stick pin

As a Royal Navy cruiser

Three months after his second bout of Influenza

to his accolades but he became increasingly despondent with mounting red-tape and pen-pushers - it was said he ‘obeyed only the rules he agreed with’

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unmarked Variation 1 Example, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Hold measuring approximately 100 mm in(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 flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of