Germany, Federal Republic. A U-Boat Front Clasp, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac which had dropped four bombs

which had dropped four bombs

while the reverse is stamped with the maker’s mark of Weyersberg

which supports the RCAF insignia at the front

missing an Order of the Zähringer Lion of indeterminate class for which the ribbon is retained

and several buttons have been reattached to the tunic using improperly-coloured thread

Germany, Federal Republic. A U-Boat Front Clasp, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac which had dropped four bombs(U Boot Frontspange). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a central oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a pair of crossed swords, overlaid by a U Boat situated over a hollow void, flanked on each side by six oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 77. 44 mm (w) x 23. 83 mm (h), weighing 25. 7 grams, an early veterans piece produced c. 1965 in