Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of Madras Infy

Madras Infy

F” for Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht

two nine-ribbon Ribbon Bars and one ten-ribbon Ribbon Bar

Instituted October 7

suspended from a horizontal hanger with pinback

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of Madras Infy(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 34 mm (w) x 38. 96 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams, in extremely