Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Newly Listed tan-coloured

tan-coloured

On occasion of his 100th victory in early September 1942

one of the rarest and most beautiful WWI flying badges

Footnote: 13 113 138 Staff Sergeant William F

The widowed Duchess died in 1922

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Newly Listed tan-coloured(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