Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge by Emil Ferdinand Wiedmann - Variant 1 GTRexclude A single horizontal slit for

A single horizontal slit for the accommodation of a dagger is found at the lower left breast

and untouched example of a Khedive’s Body Guard/Palace Guard helmet

demonstrating moderate loss of silver finish to the base metal

otherwise VF

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge by Emil Ferdinand Wiedmann - Variant 1 GTRexclude A single horizontal slit for(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Instituted October 13th, 1939. (Mid to Late War Issue) A textbook example by this maker, constructed of gilded zinc, 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 sheet metal hinge depicting the signature lily pad base, with a straight