Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus visually-hidden he was discharged on February

he was discharged on February 11th

G-2" on the reverse

but later the Grand Officer was added

Ordre national du Léopard

when the German assault on Reims was repulsed by the Allies and the German Army was forced to retreat behind the Marne

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus visually-hidden he was discharged on February(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with LDO code L 56 for Funcke & Brninghaus,