Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, Refurbished Example, by Förster & Barth GTRexclude a lug-to-lug distance of 45

a lug-to-lug distance of 45 mm

with its medal bar

directly below is written LAPPLAND and beneath it appears a map of the region

the obverse centre bears a Brandenburg eagle in multicoloured enamels

Chinese inscription and number stamped "401" on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, Refurbished Example, by Förster & Barth GTRexclude a lug-to-lug distance of 45(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,