Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unmarked Variation 1 Example, by Funcke & Brüninghaus consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Grand Cross: Gold with red

Grand Cross: Gold with red and white enamels

and two WWII Air Raid Precautionary Service Badges (silver

and as such one of the most highly decorated German soldiers of the Second War

E VERNIER 1917" on the obverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unmarked Variation 1 Example, by Funcke & Brüninghaus consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Grand Cross: Gold with red(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 situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering magnetic metal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of