Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine War Badge, With Envelope Of Issue Hold directly above where a pocket

directly above where a pocket usually sits

Once when he met a sailor who had had a violent fall on deck still walking about

"A fine example of a 1914-1918 issue Albrecht Order Commander’s Cross Breast Star with Swords (Albrechtsorden Burststern zum Komturkreuz mit Schwertern)

with  paper packet

Naming is engraved on the Afghanistan Medal and the Egypt Medal

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine War Badge, With Envelope Of Issue Hold directly above where a pocket(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded feinzink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath with a central U Boat, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 95 mm (w) x 39. 98 mm (h) and weighing 26. 3 grams, accompanied by its original envelope of issue, constructed blue in very fine condition.