Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden and the (12th) Diamonds on

and the (12th) Diamonds on April 19

Footnote: Karlheinz Cares was born on July 26

Shoulder boards denoting a Lieutenant Colonel ranking

locks functional

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden and the (12th) Diamonds on(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48.