Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction after a brief attack

after a brief attack

small hairline crack above "Trouw"

featuring a crowned hand-made shield of the Spanish city of Lugo on enamels of multiples colors

the reverse plain but with a slender pinback

Bergman later became a sportswriter and was handpicked in 1936 by the father of Swedish sports journalism

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction after a brief attack(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central U Boat on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 76 mm (w) x 39. 77