Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine Front Clasp, Gold Grade, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Accompanied by its Ribbon Bar

Accompanied by its Ribbon Bar with Rosette (12

49 mm x 51 mm

Sergeant William Joseph Kirkbride was discharged as "having been found Medically Unfit"

overlaying a copper base with maple leaf and independent crown

The reverse features typical

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Submarine Front Clasp, Gold Grade, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Accompanied by its Ribbon BarA textbook example of a mid war period German Gold Grade U Boot Frontspange; in gilded zink; the obverse with a central laurel wreath, with a side profile of a submarine superimposed above two crossed swords, and with six laurel leaves on either side of the wreath; horizontal tapered pinback with a soldered on hinge and a crimped round wire catch; maker marked Schwerin, Berlin and designer marked Peekhaus on the reverse; measuring 76. 65 mm x 24. 03