Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1939 and signed in blue

1939 and signed in blue ink by Reichsschatzmeister (National Treasurer) of the NSDAP Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875–1947)

smooth inner lining

white metal with red white and blue enamel

BIANCHI" below the bust

marked with the "RZM" insignia and "GES

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1939 and signed in blue(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variant produced by an