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    Niko

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    1. This U shaped badge should be the "Kappenabzeichen U 6 1688-1916", not commemorating any event in particular but simply dedicated to K.u.K. Ulanenregiment Kaiser Joseph II nr.6, based at Rzeszow (Poland) and composed by polish and rutenian troops. Regards, Nico.
    2. I think Ian is right. Gordon, if you go on KuK-Kriegsmarine.at, you'll see that SMU40 was built in Pola by Cantiere Navale (in italian it means shipyard: Don't forget that at those times Istria, a mainly italian speaking land, was under the rule of Kaiser Franz Joseph...). By the way, in my last post I forgot to give you another interesting site. If you go on the page , you'll see the changing of the Austro-Hungarian war flag during WWI (the same flag you see on the U-bootkappenabzeichen). Regards, Niko
    3. The badge shown should be the U-bootkappenabzeichen issued and sold by the Austrian Flottenverain as a way to raise funds for the building of a new submarine. The goal was successfully achieved: With the raised funds the new U 40 was launched on April 21th 1917. This U-boot survived the war, but not for long. After the end of WWI, what was left from the K.u.K. Kriegsmarine was assigned to the winning Powers:Carried to Venice, U 40 was assigned to Italy in 1920 only to be dismantled the same year. You can find an enlargement of this U-bootkappenabzeichen here: . For something more on K.u.K. Kriegsmarine, included badges and U 40, see here: . Regards, Nico PS: Sorry for my broken English, but I'm not an English native speaker and it's my first post on this site too...
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