Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction Camp Pendleton

Camp Pendleton

the obverse consisting of a central red and white enameled HJ insignia overlaid by a black mobile swastika

While with the 44th Infantry Battalion in France

Footnote: The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (Hamburg-American Line) was established in Germany on 1847

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction Camp Pendleton(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central U Boat on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 76 mm (w) x 39. 77