Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unmarked Variation 1 Example, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Newly Listed printed by the Reichs Printing

printed by the Reichs Printing House (1

with a black rayon backer on the revese

Mordan & Company) on both inside covers

the reverse bearing a raised central number “9” in Roman numerals

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unmarked Variation 1 Example, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Newly Listed printed by the Reichs Printing(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 magnetic metal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of