Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Hold Gablonz an der Neisse”

Gablonz an der Neisse”

1891 – December 24

1892 by the Queen regent Emma

1914 under the command of Lieutanant-Colonel R

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Hold Gablonz an der Neisse”(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),