Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed 25th Infantry Division

25th Infantry Division

Kearns of Ottawa

an insignia tab bears dual machine-embroidered silver-grey Sig runes

and his proficiency with relevant tasks wassatisfactory

Footnote: Samuel Hanford McKee was born in Fredericton

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed 25th Infantry Division(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central U Boat superimposed 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 a design commonly attributed to Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 39. 22 mm (h),