Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Hold Type III of the Royal

Type III of the Royal submarine badge (introduced in 1937)

housing gold-coloured bullion oak leaves

He is also on record as having been attached to No

" (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster) on the suspension frame

one bronze star and three silver stars on its original ribbon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Hold Type III of the Royal(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style Geraman national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 56 for Funcke & Brninghaus, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 23 mm (w) x 40. 64