Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Hold (Hausorden vom Weißen Falken Ritterkreuz

(Hausorden vom Weißen Falken Ritterkreuz I

where he married Jeannette H

with raised letters "U S" on the centre shield in Gold

on full length of original sash ribbon

He was promoted to the rank of Hauptmann (Captain) on April 1

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Hold (Hausorden vom Weißen Falken Ritterkreuz(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 set over a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 79 mm (w) x 39. 74 mm (h), weighing