Later-war-period, WH (Kriegsmarine), typical zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based, so-called: 'U-Bootkriegsabzeichen' (or: U-boat war-badge) being a clearly maker- (ie. 'GWL'-) marked example as was produced by the: 'Gebrüder Wegerhoff'-company

The attractive - and typical zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based - naval war-badge (ie. 'U-Bootkriegsabzeichen') is as stated above a clearly maker- (ie. 'GWL'-) marked - and quite detailed and - I deem - later-war-period - example that comes in a just moderately used- (albeit still nicely preserved-), condition. It is as such, a typical example that was produced by the maker (ie. 'Hersteller'): 'Gebrüder Wegerhoff' as was based in the town of Lüdenscheid. The piece has an attractive age-patina and retains a fair bit of its (typical light-toned) golden-coloured finish (as more often has the once bright golden-toned finish simply 'faded-away' (ie. 'migriert') over the years something that is more often the case with these later-war produced, zinc-based pieces). The piece shows, however, still extraordinary detail and comes naturally mounted onto its functional pin- and/or (molded) catch(-set-up) which are both fully unaltered and of course fully functional. The badge has I deem never been cleaned nor polished and is still a tiny bit dirty ie. stained. Simply an attractive - and I deem with certainty fairly priced! - example of a later-war-period 'U-Bootkriegsabzeichen' that was procuced by the 'Gebrüder Wegerhoff'-company!