Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac emboss stamped with the maker

emboss stamped with the maker mark "CROUPON"

loop for hanging

6 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

He was discharged on August 11 1902

and a tie clip

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac emboss stamped with the maker(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 with cut out arms, overlaid by a central U Boat situated on a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by