Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Foerster & Barth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The so-called Eastland was composed

The so-called Eastland was composed of the Baltic states of Estonia

in broken solder point along the band of the ring

He retired from active service six weeks later

Footnote: Swagger sticks were worn by uniformed men as a symbol of authority

The obverse presents a black dial with large phosphorescent Arabic numbers and post war replacement Gold ‘moon’ style hour and minute hands

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Foerster & Barth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The so-called Eastland was composed(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 and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Foerster & Barth,