Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine Badge, 1957 Version

(U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a central U-Boat, the national and eagle is omitted in the 1957 version, the reverse is plain and bears a vertical pinback with a flat wire catch, measuring 48.76 mm (w) x 37.60 mm (h), weighing 31.3 g, very fine.