Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive Alfonso XIII’s issue

Alfonso XIII’s issue

measuring 37 mm x 30 mm

both with finely detailed white and red enamels

64mm x 47mm

marked "KRIEGSMARINE" and maker marked "M" in an angled square flanked by "19" on the left and "40" on the right

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive Alfonso XIII’s issue(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 38. 92 mm (h), weighing 25. 6 grams, in extremely