Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity stamped "17

stamped "17

maker marked with the logo of Steinhauer & Lück

Worn from mid 1941 by Air Force Commander's

each constructed of dark blue wool with card stock cores and bearing four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping

This was followed nine days later by his proceeding to 1st Army Headquarters as Town Major on August 18th and placement as Town Major at Norrent Fontes on the 19th

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity stamped "17(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central U Boat superimposed over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a design commonly attributed to Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 39. 22 mm (h),