Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden then returned to the 156th

then returned to the 156th Infantry Battalion ten weeks later

in silvered frosted tombac

Eight-pointed silver mount

In its first two years

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden then returned to the 156th(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 central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant