Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Newly Listed one of the rarest and

one of the rarest and most beautiful WWI flying badges

03 mm x 41

Footnote: 13 113 138 Staff Sergeant William F

tan-coloured

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Newly Listed one of the rarest and(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