Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude with gild insignia affixed on

with gild insignia affixed on top

Second Class -  (Military Division)

a postage stamp in black ink dated 23 December 1943

by Friedländer)

it was determined that

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude with gild insignia affixed on(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Re Issued on 3 October 1939 by Karl Dnitz. (1939 1945 Issue). Constructed of gilt tombak in the shape of a horizontally oriented oval laurel wreath, with a national eagle placed on top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika, and with a submarine superimposed in the center of the badge, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of