Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction Archive Insignia in machine embroidered rayon

Insignia in machine embroidered rayon and linen threads

pages 188-189

this dagger features a 163 mm long blade in silver with a four-sided diamond cross section

00 was also paid to his wife in 1920

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction Archive Insignia in machine embroidered rayon(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,