Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Wiedmann Design Archive signed by Leslie Irvin

signed by Leslie Irvin

the undersides in white wool and are held firmly in place by pebbled gilt aluminum buttons at one end and sewn in place at the opposite end

the three edges of each strap trimmed in a dark yellow cord in a braided pattern

Wrapped around the handle is a SS portepee

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Wiedmann Design Archive signed by Leslie Irvin(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central U Boat set across the badge on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of manufacture by an