Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity and Republic: Artillery Badge (two-piece

and Republic: Artillery Badge (two-piece construction

consisting of 1) A War Merit Cross Second Class ribbon

Accompanied by a copy of his WWI naval service record

the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M9/89” with a maker’s mark of “HILLENBRAND & BRÖER

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity and Republic: Artillery Badge (two-piece(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