US$ 12.99
pages 188-189
on a padded forest-green wool backer
JULIKÄMPFER 23”
this dagger features a 163 mm long blade in silver with a four-sided diamond cross section
1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 980 other ranks
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction Archive pages 188-189(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 wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat set over top a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Schwerin & Sohn, Berlin,