Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, Refurbished Example, by Förster & Barth GTRexclude 000 American and 1

000 American and 1

At the top of hilt is a fitted mortise button and lock

Footnote: George William Philpott was born on January 2

many depicting the owner with Panzer personnel in black uniforms and with awards clearly on display

wound badge in black

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Badge, Refurbished Example, by Förster & Barth GTRexclude 000 American and 1(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,