Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot of First World War Patriotic Badges Auction on brass or aluminum suspensions

on brass or aluminum suspensions with pinbacks

then posted six weeks later to the Depot at Osea Island

after returning from the third patrol with U-564

& Assmann & Söhne on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot of First World War Patriotic Badges Auction on brass or aluminum suspensions(Abzeichen). A mixed lot of First World War patriotic badges, including: 1. An Iron Cross badge, constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a blackened and silvered 1914 Iron Cross, situated atop of pale yellow background, surrounded by blackened and silvered scallops, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 28 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition. 2. A second war year badge, constructed of gilded