Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare U-Boat War Badge, By Paul Maybauer Archive The dagger completes with a

The dagger completes with a rounded pommel

BERGMANN / WIEN VII" and inscribed in handwritten black ink "beh

a centrally located gilt Administrative Official cipher on both boards

Lion and sword insignia in bronze gilt

5 mm x 48 mm each)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare U-Boat War Badge, By Paul Maybauer Archive The dagger completes with a(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 superimposed over a hollow void the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Pau Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 47. 72 mm (w) x 38. 86 mm