Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold with a lined interior lid

with a lined interior lid

Insignia in silvered bronze with red patination

the blade with both edges bevelled on both sides

which covered the 1

marked “Grossmann & Co

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold with a lined interior lid(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