Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive 1st Regiment (die-stamped bronze gilt

1st Regiment (die-stamped bronze gilt with a black enamelled numeral

Silver gilt with with red

Aylward was appointed Corporal on August 8

each constructed of cardboard-reinforced white wool and bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping

At this point he was deemed "Medically Unfit" and was ordered to take further in-patient treatment with ISC

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive 1st Regiment (die-stamped bronze gilt(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting 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 central U Boat set over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a design most commonly accredited to B. H. Mayer,