Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive a Hlinka Guard NCO’s insignia

a Hlinka Guard NCO’s insignia

original ribbons with dual prong pinbacks

5 mm x 110 mm overall)

It was their first major offensive operation and one that survivors would not soon forget

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive a Hlinka Guard NCO’s insignia(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, with a central U Boat superimposed over the badge over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of variation credited to B. H. Mayer,