U-Boat 1939 Badge (German: U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen 1939), established by Grand Admiral Erich Reader on October 13, 1939, awarded for service aboard submarines, to all crew members, regardless of rank, who participated in at least two combat missions, were particularly distinguished during such a mission, or performed other outstanding individual acts; the reverse is signed with the manufacturer’s monogram; the clasp is functional; made of zinc.
Designer: Paul Casberg, Berlin
manufacturer: Gebrüder Wegerhoff, Lüdenscheid (1.41)
References: *The Kriegsmarine Awards, Volume I*, Sascha Weber, Gerhard R. Skora, p. 167.
