Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Hercules at Portsmouth on April

Hercules at Portsmouth on April 18

A unit insignia

measuring 393mm (w) x 540mm (h)

then was transferred to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Centre on April 14th

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Hercules at Portsmouth on April(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 U Boat set against a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 70 mm (w) x 39. 65 mm (h), weighing 18.