Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of 36 mm (w) x 53

36 mm (w) x 53

CALGARY SEP 28th 1901

finished in a glossed black on the obverse and in brown on the reverse

lid embossed with gold lettering G

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of 36 mm (w) x 53(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 wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat set over top a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Schwerin & Sohn, Berlin,