Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 3, by B.H. Mayer Hold constructed of multiple pieces of

constructed of multiple pieces of blackened leather secured together by four magnetic metal rivets and shaped into a loop for belt attachment

and crown is narrower then later models)

with small piece of RZM label visible on reverse

gilt loss of the wreath

inscribed in Latin "AEDEM IOACHIMIN ORBIS CATHOLICVS / SVMMO PARENTI D D" above and "XI KAL MART / MDCCCXCII" below

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Variation 3, by B.H. Mayer Hold constructed of multiple pieces of(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and angular catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variant credited to B. H. Mayer,