Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine Front Clasp, Gold Grade, By Schwerin Newly Listed A very rare cross

A very rare cross

Overall in very good condition

Hörster - a slender dagger

the Völkischer Beobachter

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine Front Clasp, Gold Grade, By Schwerin Newly Listed A very rare crossA textbook example of a mid war period German Gold Grade U Boot Frontspange; in gilded zink; the obverse with a central laurel wreath, with a side profile of a submarine superimposed above two crossed swords, and with six laurel leaves on either side of the wreath; horizontal tapered pinback with a soldered on hinge and a crimped round wire catch; maker marked Schwerin, Berlin and designer marked Peekhaus on the reverse; measuring 76. 65 mm x 24. 03