Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive demonstrating some verdigris to the

demonstrating some verdigris to the base metal and with some adhesive remnants visible to the reverse

Jubilee Medal for 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918-1968 (brass with red enamels

" for very brave conduct in the battles against the bandits (partisans)"

original ribbons with dual prong pinbacks

With meticulous care the author gives the full facts and figures of each change in design and every major and minor modification - some of which were made to meet the exigencies of the Services

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive demonstrating some verdigris to the(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 a central U Boat superimposed over the badge 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 variation credited to B. H. Mayer,