Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction some loss of finish evident

some loss of finish evident

Footnote: The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (Hamburg-American Line) was established in Germany on 1847

the obverse consisting of a central red and white enameled HJ insignia overlaid by a black mobile swastika

While with the 44th Infantry Battalion in France

Two months after arriving at Headquarters 2 Canadian Corps

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction some loss of finish evident(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