Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Archive Two metal rivets are stamped

Two metal rivets are stamped through the spine

the Cochrane District

Affixed to the centre of the cap band directly below the eagle is an additional insignia consisting of a padded dark blue wool base bearing a hand-embroidered wreath and cockade executed in silver and dark blue aluminum wire with a red wool centrepiece

although it seems safe to assume that it had some basis in practise

the reverse of the tunic presents a central vertical tail skirt vent measuring 26

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Archive Two metal rivets are stamped(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, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN 68, measuring 48. 4 mm (w) x 38. 90 mm (h), weighing 26. 0 grams, most