Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive each constructed of cardboard-reinforced white

each constructed of cardboard-reinforced white wool and bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping

1st Regiment (die-stamped bronze gilt with a black enamelled numeral

A Latin cross with concave arms in silvered bronze

He was granted leave from the 2nd Battalion

including a Hesse General Bravery Medal

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive each constructed of cardboard-reinforced white(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 mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat set over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a design most commonly accredited to B. H. Mayer,