and the Union of South Africa
The hilt is constructed of multiple pieces of gilded bronze
Faced with equipment shortages
membership was opened to hereditary descendants of veterans
set within dual tresses of identical construction
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Förster & Barth visually-hidden and the Union of South(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded feinzink, 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 crimped hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,