Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant

(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 central U-Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variant produced by an unknown maker as examined in “The Kriegsmarine Awards: Volume 1”, Sascha Weber and Gerhard R. Skora, 2011, pages 146-147, demonstrating near-total loss of gilt finish throughout the base metal, in very fine condition.