Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge United Republic of (zur besonderen Verwendung = for

(zur besonderen Verwendung = for special use) at Rommel’s headquarters and for Commander-in-Chief South

in the traditional police helmet style

American watch houses ceased civilian production during these years and devoted themselves to producing timing instruments for the war

Completely new

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge United Republic of (zur besonderen Verwendung = for(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by a documented but unidentified