Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed 1901 and 1902

1901 and 1902

Towards the top are three vertically oriented buttons - one leather bound button

and Member were unlimited

maker marked "METAL ARTS CO

engraver marked "R

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed 1901 and 1902(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central U Boat superimposed over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a design commonly attributed to Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 39. 22 mm (h),