Germany, Imperial. A U9 Patriotic Badge visually-hidden before being discharged to duty

before being discharged to duty on December 14th

topped by a semi-hollow German State Crown

the eagle clutches in the beaks a gilded chain with the inscription Viribus Unitis (Latin for United Strength)

1915 and after almost six months in the field

The whole page measures 305 mm x 274 mm

Germany, Imperial. A U9 Patriotic Badge visually-hidden before being discharged to duty(Patriotisches Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an enameled depiction of U9 cutting through the surface of the ocean, topped by a skyline and rising sun bearing an Iron Cross, topped by a date of 1915, situated within a black enameled ring bearing a silvered inscription of DEUTSCHE KRAFT DAS SCHWERSTE SCHAFFT (GERMAN STRENGTH ACCOMPLISHES THE TOUGHEST THINGS), the reverse with a