Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive " for very brave conduct

" for very brave conduct in the battles against the bandits (partisans)"

Jubilee Medal for 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918-1968 (brass with red enamels

All three medals

With meticulous care the author gives the full facts and figures of each change in design and every major and minor modification - some of which were made to meet the exigencies of the Services

demonstrating some verdigris to the base metal and with some adhesive remnants visible to the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive " for very brave conduct(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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, with a central U Boat superimposed over the badge over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of variation credited to B. H. Mayer,