Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge by Emil Ferdinand Wiedmann - Variant 1 Auction the German soldiers were often

the German soldiers were often rotated due to extreme exhaustion in Africa

” along with a reinforced slot that opens into the left waist pocket

the obverse with a central monogram of Wilhelm II within a green enameled laurel wreath

Crawford was discharged upon demobilization on April 26

the trim coming undone on one side of the tabs

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge by Emil Ferdinand Wiedmann - Variant 1 Auction the German soldiers were often(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Instituted October 13th, 1939. (Mid to Late War Issue) A textbook example by this maker, constructed of gilded zinc, 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 sheet metal hinge depicting the signature lily pad base, with a straight