Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive with minor toned silver

with minor toned silver

he returned to the French theatre

both with finely detailed white and red enamels

marked "KRIEGSMARINE" and maker marked "M" in an angled square flanked by "19" on the left and "40" on the right

lacquered better than very fine

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive with minor toned silver(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 38. 92 mm (h), weighing 25. 6 grams, in extremely