Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive a circular device with a

a circular device with a beaded edge bearing a heraldic shield upon a red background in the centre of the star

with fifty-three officers and men perishing

A circular medal in gilded bronze

Fabricated from a royal blue cotton

missing its ribboned suspension

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive a circular device with a(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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, with a central U Boat superimposed over the badge 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 variation credited to B. H. Mayer,