Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Wiedmann Design Auction Archive during the Battle of Manzanillo

during the Battle of Manzanillo and the bombardment of Morro Castle

Just published by Croatian author Borna Barac who worked on this project for over five years

bronze with blue enamels

Wind and sea were rising

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, Wiedmann Design Auction Archive during the Battle of Manzanillo(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central U Boat set across the badge on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of manufacture by an