Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity a superb personalized document in

a superb personalized document in very fine condition

loss evident in the red enamels)

The badge is attached to a collar chain bearing twenty-six silver gilt laurel wreaths

scattered wear in the pickled finish

surrounded by a ring of green enamels inscribed “ЗА ВОЕННА ЗАСЛУГА”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity a superb personalized document in(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, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN 68, measuring 48. 4 mm (w) x 38. 90 mm (h), weighing 26. 0 grams, most