Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Förster & Barth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac one with residue from collector

one with residue from collector mounting

original ribbon with traditional rectangular pinback hanger

(Bayerische Militärverdienstorden I Klasse)

300 ton enemy battleship

obverse with a silver gilt and red enamelled insignia

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Förster & Barth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac one with residue from collector(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 superimposed over a hollow void, the reverse with a crimped hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 21 for Frster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 80 mm