Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive Aylward was appointed Corporal on

Aylward was appointed Corporal on August 8

A silver gilt four armed star with arabesques between the arms of the cross

and 782nd Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with red

A Latin cross with concave arms in silvered bronze

one with matte finish

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive Aylward was appointed Corporal on(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 set over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a design most commonly accredited to B. H. Mayer,