Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge certificate_of_authenticity sentencing him to twelve years

sentencing him to twelve years in prison in 1946

glue residue and paper loss evident on the reverse from previous board mounting)

After being released from hospital

the left end with a large octagonal-shaped brass buckle with dual prongs

the cloth binding having separated from the binder

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge certificate_of_authenticity sentencing him to twelve years(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 over a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 40. 16 mm (h), weighing 24. 1