Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare U-Boat War Badge, By Paul Maybauer Archive silvered metal plate inscribed "Sprengbuchsen

silvered metal plate inscribed "Sprengbuchsen fur Sprenggreifer B" and held in place by four rivets in the centre on the lid

BERGMANN / WIEN VII" and inscribed in handwritten black ink "beh

5 mm x 48 mm each)

1 Divisional Rest Station and admitted to No

with the signatures of both men

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare U-Boat War Badge, By Paul Maybauer Archive silvered metal plate inscribed "Sprengbuchsen(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 barrel hinge and narrow vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Pau Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 47. 72 mm (w) x 38. 86 mm