Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive Iron Cross First Class 1914

Iron Cross First Class 1914 - Iron/magnetic centre

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the obverse bearing a central Olympic column overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

measuring 27 mm (w) x 10 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive Iron Cross First Class 1914(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 horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 70 mm (w) x 39. 65 mm (h), weighing 18.