Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive constructed of golden-yellow wool with

constructed of golden-yellow wool with a card stock core and pinned with a silvered zink insignia

then Acting Corporal on August 28

and broad right-ward opening catch

measuring 58 mm (w) x 110 mm (l) x 18 mm (h) and accompanied by a short length of miniature 1914 Iron Cross II Class ribbon

dated on reverse: 1939

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive constructed of golden-yellow wool with(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with LDO code L 56 for Funcke & Brninghaus,