Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden with scattered surface wear and

with scattered surface wear and contact marks

and the (12th) Diamonds on April 19

Shoulder boards denoting a Lieutenant Colonel ranking

bearing a central upward-pointing winged arrow on a hollow background

the suspension loop maker marked “V

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden with scattered surface wear and(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 over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48.