Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Newly Listed 60 mm x 88 mm

60 mm x 88 mm inclusive of crown suspension

Knights Cross with Swords

Footnote: Andrew Paxton was born in 1892 in Dundee Scotland and was working as a Labourer prior to enlisting in July 1915 with the 37th CEF

interlaced with black threading and giving definition to the plane and the base of the crown

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Newly Listed 60 mm x 88 mm(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 84