Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine War Badge, By E. Ferd. Wiedmann Buy Now 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän)

1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän)

9061" on the edge

Both armpits have 45 mm slits with three reinforced ventilation holes underneath

surface wear and contact marks from active use

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine War Badge, By E. Ferd. Wiedmann Buy Now 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän)(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded feinzink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath with a central U Boat, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked below catch by stylized "W" (for E. Ferd. Wiedmann, Frankfurt am Main), measuring 48. 0 mm (w) x 40. 66 mm (h) and weighing 18. 6 grams, vaulted, scarce maker, in