Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Wiedmann Design Auction Archive First Lieutenant Hawkins steadfastly carried

First Lieutenant Hawkins steadfastly carried the fight to the enemy

bronze with blue enamels

the two ends sewn together with brown thread

Irish Regiment of Canada Cap Badge (three-piece construction

Wind and sea were rising

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Wiedmann Design Auction Archive First Lieutenant Hawkins steadfastly carried(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central U Boat set across the badge on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of manufacture by an