Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive and broad right-ward opening catch

and broad right-ward opening catch

then Acting Corporal on August 28

A well-preserved Heer Infantry Enlisted Personnel service tunic

an East German NVA shoulder board

the former constructed of pressed black leather

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive and broad right-ward opening catch(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 eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with LDO code L 56 for Funcke & Brninghaus,