Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude while the Arrowhead and Five

while the Arrowhead and Five Bronze Battle Stars on his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal are for his involvement on D-Day

He was Killed in Action during the conflict in the Ypres Salient

1811 and awarded to members of the armed forces for heroic acts and distinguished services

marked and hallmarked on pin

along with a 6th Airlift Squadron sticker

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude while the Arrowhead and Five(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented