Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 3, by B.H. Mayer Hold and crown is narrower then

and crown is narrower then later models)

while the reverse bears a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker’s code for the same

a refurbished example in better than very fine condition

the men in the back two rows standing

dated July 3 1970

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 3, by B.H. Mayer Hold and crown is narrower then(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 flattened and angular catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variant credited to B. H. Mayer,