Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Foerster & Barth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The obverse presents a black

The obverse presents a black dial with large phosphorescent Arabic numbers and post war replacement Gold ‘moon’ style hour and minute hands

measuring 185 mm (w) x 252 mm (h) x 10 mm (d)

and initially served in the 193rd Tank Destroyer Unit

The so-called Eastland was composed of the Baltic states of Estonia

traces of gilt remains on the crescent moon on the centrepiece

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Foerster & Barth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The obverse presents a black(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 U Boat set against a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped hinge and and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Foerster & Barth,