Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Hold with one dated August 1939

with one dated August 1939

constructed of “Flaschengrün” bottle green wool

the Koniggratz Cross with combatant ribbon-1866

He was the 583rd recipient of the Oak Leaves

the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade (107th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Hold with one dated August 1939(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Re Issued on 3 October 1939 by Karl Dnitz. (1939 1945 Issue). Constructed of gilt tombak in the shape of a horizontally oriented oval laurel wreath, with a national eagle placed on top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika, and with a submarine superimposed in the center of the badge, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of