Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity and bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum

and bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire piping

embroidered black swastika in the centre trimmed in silver bullion wire

the star displaying a noticeable impact and enamel damage to the arm at the nine o’clock position

used in part to justify Germany’s 1939 invasion

the centrepiece illustrating a downward pointing sword on which lays the balance of justice

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity and bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum(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 with cut out arms, overlaid by a central U Boat situated on a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by