Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, Refurbished Example, by Förster & Barth Province of China the suspension loop maker marked

the suspension loop maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “41” for Gebrüder Bender

with wooden plates embedded onto either side of the handle to from the grip and held in place via two large rivets

Footnote: The Military Merit Medal was established on 12 March 1880 by Emperor Franz Joseph I

original ribbon with Gold pinback

constructed of silvered tombac with very fine details

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, Refurbished Example, by Förster & Barth Province of China the suspension loop maker marked(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,