Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden Instituted 20 July 1807 by

Instituted 20 July 1807 by King Friedrich August III

That same year Bleeker retired from seafaring due to health reasons

late 19th Century

Containing 176 off-round to potato shaped freshwater pearls

measuring 156 mm (w) x 200 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden Instituted 20 July 1807 by(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