Germany, Third Reich. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth, Variation Two certificate_of_authenticity typical of this maker

typical of this maker

the name was changed to the 13th Regiment

vertical pinback flanked by dual pinbacks

mounted to a 108 mm x 165 mm board)

Germany, Third Reich. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth, Variation Two certificate_of_authenticity typical of this maker(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Re instituted on October 13, 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). An oval laurel wreath constructed of gilded zink, tied together at the base via a ribbon, with a national eagle placed on top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika, and a submarine in the center of the badge, the reverse plain, with a horizontal needle style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch, marked f. o for Friedrich Orth on the reverse, but also