Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of There are brass five petal

There are brass five petal rose cockades on either side

1916 after the Battle of the Somme

a fine example with severe enamel damage on the obverse with light cracking on the reverse

with an additional metal washer with a ringed design and a round pommel with a sunwheel swastika design

small holes

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of There are brass five petal(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid with a central U Boat, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with the logo of maker Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 74 mm (w) x 39. 26 mm (h), weighing 18. 2 grams, most of the gilt finish has