Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Archive A 1937 15 Jahre NSDAP

A 1937 15 Jahre NSDAP Augsburg badge

black lacquered paper on the bottom

(1897-1918 issue)

182 mm x 358 mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Archive A 1937 15 Jahre NSDAP(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 34 mm (w) x 38. 96 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams, in extremely