Although details of his service history are unknown
his death noted as "Whilst on sentry duty in front of Headquarters dugout
with a horizontal line embroidered into the top and bottom edges
(HJ Ausbildungslager Abzeichen)
Germany, Third Reich. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth, Variation Two Auction Archive Although details of his service(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Re instituted on October 13, 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). An oval laurel wreath constructed of gilded zink, tied together at the base via a ribbon, with a national eagle placed on top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika, and a submarine in the center of the badge, the reverse plain, with a horizontal needle style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch, marked f. o for Friedrich Orth on the reverse, but also