Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge by Emil Ferdinand Wiedmann - Variant 1 Auction München 9” in black ink

München 9” in black ink

Silver with an inlayed ruby at the junction of the propellers

he finally settled in Milan

Crawford was discharged upon demobilization on April 26

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge by Emil Ferdinand Wiedmann - Variant 1 Auction München 9” in black ink(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Instituted October 13th, 1939. (Mid to Late War Issue) A textbook example by this maker, constructed of gilded zinc, 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 superimposed over a hollow void, the reverse with a sheet metal hinge depicting the signature lily pad base, with a straight