Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare U-Boat War Badge, By Paul Maybauer Archive A Colt Derringer

A Colt Derringer

silvered metal plate inscribed "Sprengbuchsen fur Sprenggreifer B" and held in place by four rivets in the centre on the lid

The dagger completes with a rounded pommel

a centrally located gilt Administrative Official cipher on both boards

Lion and sword insignia in bronze gilt

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare U-Boat War Badge, By Paul Maybauer Archive A Colt Derringer(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 superimposed over a hollow void the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Pau Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 47. 72 mm (w) x 38. 86 mm