Germany, Imperial. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China surrounded by the inscription ORDEN

surrounded by the inscription ORDEN DE Sa

The jacket closes with seven wooden buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

in silvered and gilt bronze with red and orange enamels

Gravenhurst in Sales (1936-1940) and DeHavilland Aircraft as an Aero Engine Fitter (1941-1942)

crossing the Atlantic had become a routine operation

Germany, Imperial. A U-Boat War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China surrounded by the inscription ORDEN(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, and overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant produced by an unidentified manufacturer using the Schott design,