Germany, Third Reich. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth, Variation Two GTRexclude hanger inscribed "EXPERT RIFLEMAN" with

hanger inscribed "EXPERT RIFLEMAN" with pinback

Badge in die stamped steel (magnetic)

The last page holds a strong signature in blue ink by then-Vice Admiral Karl Dönitz

55 mm (w) x 59

A silver gilt white enameled Latin cross with a green enameled oak wreath and crossed swords between the arms of the cross

Germany, Third Reich. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth, Variation Two GTRexclude hanger inscribed "EXPERT RIFLEMAN" with(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Re instituted on October 13, 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). An oval laurel wreath constructed of gilded zink, tied together at the base via a ribbon, with a national eagle placed on top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika, and a submarine in the center of the badge, the reverse plain, with a horizontal needle style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch, marked f. o for Friedrich Orth on the reverse, but also