Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, By Funcke & Brüninghaus GTRexclude circumscribed with “DEN 1 JANUAR

circumscribed with “DEN 1 JANUAR 1842” bordered with a wreath of oak and laurel leaves tied with a ribbon at the bottom

48 mm x 75 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

the acknowledgement of the ceremony documented in The Northern Advance of Thursday

An X-Ray Report issued at Ogden on April 12

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, By Funcke & Brüninghaus GTRexclude circumscribed with “DEN 1 JANUAR(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat on a hollow background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 56 for Funcke & Brninghaus, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 12 mm (w) x 40. 64 mm (h),