Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Hold A well-preserved Austro-Hungarian Army Infantry

A well-preserved Austro-Hungarian Army Infantry shako

The breast star consisting of an eight-pointed silver multi-rayed star

with its paws frontward and stacked

1918 (London Gazette

A scarce and impressive looking badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Hold A well-preserved Austro-Hungarian Army Infantry(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, 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, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering magnetic metal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Funcke & Brninghaus,