Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity comprising: Prussia: Iron Cross 1914

comprising: Prussia: Iron Cross 1914

Footnote: Captain George Edward Knox-Peebles (28116) was promoted to Major effective January 31

who happened to be close to the site of the accident

each constructed of gilded metal

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity comprising: Prussia: Iron Cross 1914(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central U Boat on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 76 mm (w) x 39. 77