Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Hold Stadler’s letters open from “Osten”

Stadler’s letters open from “Osten” (“East”) and “Westen” (“West”)

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with raised letters "U S" on the centre shield in Gold

(Hausorden vom Weißen Falken Ritterkreuz I

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Hold Stadler’s letters open from “Osten”(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 set over a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 79 mm (w) x 39. 74 mm (h), weighing