Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse presents four rivets

the reverse presents four rivets with central characters translating to “Order of Merit Decoration”

with minor scratching evident to the enamel

00 mm x 42

He arrived on May 27 with part of the Third Army with him and left the rest to Army Group Mackensen

interlaced with red and black threading and wound around a white cord

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse presents four rivets(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 eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat set over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 88 mm (w) x 39. 67 mm (h), weighing 22. 0 grams, in extremely fine