Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of silvered bronze insignia on a

silvered bronze insignia on a reddish bronze maple leaf base

good fire gilding and bright enamels

Each end has a loop finish and is fastened together by a gilded brass S-shaped hook

It served to indoctrinate the children early on with the National Socialist sentiment

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of silvered bronze insignia on a(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid with a central U Boat, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with the logo of maker Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 74 mm (w) x 39. 26 mm (h), weighing 18. 2 grams, most of the gilt finish has