Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Hold 3 mm (w) x 48

3 mm (w) x 48 mm (h)

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Hold 3 mm (w) x 48(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 2. Form). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer,