Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine War Badge, By E. Ferd. Wiedmann Buy Now surface wear and contact marks

surface wear and contact marks from active use

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the reverse inscribed “IN MEMORIAM SEXAGESIMIANNI IMPERII FELIXITER PERACTI” within a laurel and oak wreath tied together at the base

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine War Badge, By E. Ferd. Wiedmann Buy Now surface wear and contact marks(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded feinzink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath with a central U Boat, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked below catch by stylized "W" (for E. Ferd. Wiedmann, Frankfurt am Main), measuring 48. 0 mm (w) x 40. 66 mm (h) and weighing 18. 6 grams, vaulted, scarce maker, in