Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Förster & Barth Republic of the cross is surmounted by

the cross is surmounted by crossed swords and a large crown

died on March 21

obverse illustrating the left-facing bust of Carol II

February 1940)

dated August 9

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Förster & Barth Republic of the cross is surmounted by(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 crimped hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 21 for Frster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 80 mm