Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction Footnote: The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien

Footnote: The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (Hamburg-American Line) was established in Germany on 1847

Two months after arriving at Headquarters 2 Canadian Corps

the obverse consisting of a central red and white enameled HJ insignia overlaid by a black mobile swastika

While with the 44th Infantry Battalion in France

compass and level in working order

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction Footnote: The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central U Boat on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 76 mm (w) x 39. 77