Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive sew-on style with eight evenly-distributed

sew-on style with eight evenly-distributed holes for securing to cap with thread

for duty with the 17th Bombardment Group

He was survived by his wife

He was about to be commissioned a Major

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive sew-on style with eight evenly-distributed(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 76 mm (w) x