Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth visually-hidden A “Canadian Navy Pay Writer”

A “Canadian Navy Pay Writer” patch

in silver threading inscribed with the "DAI DONG & Co

Oberst ADOLF DICKFELD Knights Cross – JG52 & JG2 / 136 victories

on a 50 mm pin)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth visually-hidden A “Canadian Navy Pay Writer”(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zinc, the obverse consists 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 U Boat set against a hollow background. The reverse has a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch. It is maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 7mm (w) x 39. 7 mm (h), weighing 18.