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 He retired from active service

He retired from active service six weeks later

and initially served in the 193rd Tank Destroyer Unit

Footnote: Swagger sticks were worn by uniformed men as a symbol of authority

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)

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 He retired from active service(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,