the reverse with unusual central screw
the daughter of William Riley Blakeslee (1822-1909) and Mary Malvina Joyce Blakeslee (1827-1897)
and 72 cm in total length
on a bluish-green wool base
white cotton shield with the cross in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge GTRexclude the reverse with unusual central(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 wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat set over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 88 mm (w) x 39. 67 mm (h), weighing 22. 0 grams, in extremely fine