Austria, Empire. A Scarce Submarine “U-Boot” Badge, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac During the First War he

During the First War he served in a field artillery unit

to which Great Britain agreed in December of that year

Most popular with his brother officers in the British Service

Adjutant Edmund M

with an equally scalloped flap and singular pebbled button securing them shut

Austria, Empire. A Scarce Submarine “U-Boot” Badge, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac During the First War he(U Boot Abzeichen). Instituted in 1914. Constructed of blackened white metal, consisting of a fouled anchor flanked on either side by U and B respectively, the reverse with a tong constructed of matching white metal (previously repaired replaced), unmarked, measuring 35. 0 mm (w) x 54. 2 mm (l), weighing 26. 54 grams, a scarce and well preserved example in extremely fine condition.