Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of In the middle of April

In the middle of April 1942

good fire gilding and bright enamels

including a chip to the wood of the obverse handle near the upper crossguard

Accompanied by its paper packet of issue with “Deutsches Schutzwallehrenzeichen” printed on the obverse in black gothic script and “E

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of In the middle of April(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid with a central U Boat, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with the logo of maker Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 74 mm (w) x 39. 26 mm (h), weighing 18. 2 grams, most of the gilt finish has