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 supports the RCAF insignia

which supports the RCAF insignia at the front

” indicating manufacture by Gebrüder Friedländer

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

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

dated 13 August 1945 permitting Lenz to travel from Brekling to Huckingen

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 supports the RCAF insignia(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