the reverse with a tall hinge
mounted to a four-armed cross base
enemy shore batteries scored two direct hits on the submarine's conning tower and "bubbles covered an area about five meters wide
including one depicting a Luftwaffe Hauptgefreiter
Discharge Certificate and Application for the Efficiency Medal
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Modified for Postwar Wear, Variation 2 by Schwerin Hold the reverse with a tall(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 77 mm (w) x 56. 90 mm