Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 33 mm (w) x

measuring 33 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

Neck badge worn on Breast Version

especially on the tab

black threading giving definition to the crown and eagle

awarded to Bäckermeister Otto Ulbrich of Dresden

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 33 mm (w) x(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 eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant