Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Observer’s Badge Auction Archive Submarine War Badge – in

Submarine War Badge – in gilded zinc

69 mm (h - inclusive of integral ring)

McTaggart's medal with a dark patina and its original ribbon

Currie and Turner had already attempted to introduce similar such distinctions as early as December 1917

measuring 52 mm x 26 mm

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Observer’s Badge Auction Archive Submarine War Badge – in(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central red enameled square with a black and white checkered centrepiece, superimposed on a ribbed background, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with